Life is much too short for some folks 生命太短暂了一些人

For other folks it just drags on 对于其他人，它只是一拖再拖

Some folks like the taste of smokey whiskey 有些人喜欢烟熏威士忌的味道

Others figure tea is too strong 其他图的茶太浓

   

I'm the type of guy who likes it right down the middle 我是谁喜欢它的权利拦腰类型的家伙

I don't like all this bouncing back and forth 我不喜欢这一切的来回弹跳

Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie 我，我要住在一起，我的脚在迪克西

And my head in the cool blue North 我的头在清凉的蓝色北

   

In a small suburban garden 在一个小郊区的花园

Not a single neighbor knows our name 没有一个邻居知道我们的名字

I know the woman wishes we would move somewhere 我知道女人希望大家会提出什么地方

Where the houses aren't all the same 那里的房子都不尽相同

   

Jimmy, I wish you would take me 吉米，我希望你能带我

Where the grass is greener 那里的草更绿

I really couldn't say where it may be 我真的不能说，它可能是

Somewhere up high on a mountain top 在高处的山顶上

Or down by the deep blue sea 或向下深蓝色的大海

   

And there we'll do just as we please 这里面我们会做，就像我们请

It ain't nothing but a breeze 这是不是只是一个微风

   

One day I'll soon be a grandpa 有一天，我会很快成为爷爷

All the pretty girls will call me "sir," 所有漂亮的女孩会叫我“先生”

Now, where they're asking me how things are 现在，他们在问我怎么回事儿

Soon they'll ask me how things were 不久，他们会问我的事情是如何

Well, I don't mind being a longboarding grandpa 好吧，我不介意成为一个长板的爷爷

If you'll be my awsome grandma 如果你是我要命的奶奶

I suggest we have a little cool conch salad 我认为我们有一点点凉海螺沙拉

In the shade down in old Nassau 在树荫下的老拿骚下来

   

And there we'll do just as we please 这里面我们会做，就像我们请

It ain't nothing but a breeze 这是不是只是一个微风

   

Life is much too short for some folks 生命太短暂了一些人

For other folks it just drags on 对于其他人，它只是一拖再拖

Some folks like the taste of smooth tequila 有些人喜欢光滑的龙舌兰酒的味道

Others figure tea is too strong 其他图的茶太浓

   

I'm the type of guy who likes it right down the middle 我是谁喜欢它的权利拦腰类型的家伙

I don't like all this bouncing back and forth 我不喜欢这一切的来回弹跳

Me, I want to live with my feet in Dixie 我，我要住在一起，我的脚在迪克西

And my head in the cool blue North 我的头在清凉的蓝色北

   

Yea, me I want to live with my flip flops in Dixie 是啊，我，我想与我的拖鞋在迪克西

And my head in the cool blue North 我的头在清凉的蓝色北