When I was a child 当我还是个孩子

I used to love to watch the rain 我以前很喜欢看雨

I'd stand under the downspout 我站在落水管下

Let the water cool my brain 让水冷却我的大脑

I never thought to worry 我从来没想过担心

If the river rose too high 如果河水涨得高

That all the seeds we planted 所有的种子，我们种

Would get washed out with the tide 将获得冲了出去随潮

But now I am a man 但现在我一个人

And I need a place to hide 我需要一个地方躲

   

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But there's nowhere to run 但有无处可逃

And there's no place to hide 而且也没有地方躲

Where the water runs free 那里的水无运行

And the mud starts to slide 和泥开始滑动

   

When I was a young man 当我还年轻的时候

I could work through wind and rain 我的工作经历风雨

I never thought to worry 我从来没想过担心

Had no reason to complain 没有理由抱怨

I thought that I was standing 我还以为我是站在

On a rock so firm and strong 一块岩石上如此坚定，强烈的

But it was easy then to see 但它很容易再看看

Just what was right 究竟什么是正确的

And what was wrong 什么是错的

But now I am a man 但现在我一个人

I won't be hanging round too long 我不会吊轮太长

   

When I was a child 当我还是个孩子

I used to love to watch the rain 我以前很喜欢看雨

I'd stand under the downspout 我站在落水管下

Let the water cool my brain 让水冷却我的大脑

I never thought to worry 我从来没想过担心

If the river rose too high 如果河水涨得高

And all the dreams we planted 和所有的梦想，我们栽种

Would get washed out with the tide 将获得冲了出去随潮

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

Where the water runs free 那里的水无运行

And the mud starts to slide 和泥开始滑动