When I was a younger man lookin' for my pot of gold 当我还是一个年轻的人追寻的梦想我的第一桶金

Everywhere I turned the doors were closin' 我到处翻门被closin

It took every ounce of faith I had to keep on keepin' on 花了每盎司信仰，我不得不继续坚持让上

And still I felt like I was only losin' 可是我还是觉得我只是失去感到

   

I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down 我拒绝了，然后像我现在做的，让别人牵制我

And I lost a few good friends along the way 我失去了几个要好的朋友沿途

I was raised up poor and I wanted more 我当时提出了差，我想更多

And maybe I'm a little too proud 也许我有点太骄傲

In lookin' back I see a kid who was just 在回首我看到一个孩子谁只是

Afraid, hungry and old before his time 怕饿老他的时代之前

   

Through the years I've known my share of broken hearted fools 这些年来，我知道我的份额心碎的傻瓜

And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking 而那些谁也不会选择值得考虑的路径

There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man 有没什么在世界上最让人痛心跟一个男人

Who never knew his life was his for making 从来没有谁知道他的生活是他的制作

   

Ain't it about time you realize? It's not worth keepin' score 是不是时候了，你知道？这不值得坚持让比分

You win some, you lose some and you let it go 你赢了一些，你失去了一些，你让他走

What's the use of stacking on every failure another stone 有什么用每一次失败堆叠在另一个石

Till you find you've spent your whole damn life 直到你发现你花了整个该死的生活

Building walls, lonely and old before your time 建筑幕墙，孤独的老你的时间之前，

   

It took so long to see 过了这么久，看

That truth was all around me 真相是我周围的一切

   

Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold 现在鹩已经栖息和天空撇开黄金

And like the sky my soul is also turnin' 而像天空，我的灵魂也撇开“

Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind 从过去撇开，最后和所有我留下

Could it be that I am finally learnin'? 难道说我终于设计学习“ ？

   

Learnin' I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heart 设计学习“我值得爱与和平的心脏

I won't tear myself apart no more for tryin' 我不会撕裂自己除了没有更多的去尝试

I'm tired of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be bought 我已经厌倦了说谎的“对自己，试着买什么不能买

It's not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyin 这不是活着，你正在干什么，如果感觉快要枯萎

Cryin, growin' old before your time 哭泣，慢慢生长你的时间之前旧

Cryin, growin' old before your time 哭泣，慢慢生长你的时间之前旧