Down at the drugstore where they sell medicine 倒在药店，他们卖药品

Back in the corner stands a plywood Superman 早在角落里有一张胶合板超人

He never saves nobody from nothing 他从不保存从一无所有人

He just leans against the wall looking sad 他只是靠在墙上看着伤心

   

Me, I go climbing on my broken ladder 我，我去攀上我的破梯子

Aiming for high places but I never quite can 瞄准高的地方，但我从来没有完全可

Lay two hands on the heart of the matter 躺在双手上的问题的心脏

Sometimes I feel like that plywood Superman, Superman 有时候，我觉得这样的胶合板超人，超人

   

Last night at the truck stop the cashier at the diesel desk 昨晚在卡车停在收银处的柴油台

Stopped to talk to me as I paid for my beer 停下来跟我说话，因为我付出了我的啤酒

She's single with two kids, says she loves Las Vegas 她是一个有两个孩子，说她爱拉斯维加斯

Her dream's one day some rich man will take her away from here 她的梦想的有一天，有有钱的男人会带她离开这里

   

When she goes climbing on her broken ladder 当她去攀上了她破碎的阶梯

She's searching for some sweet, far off promised land 她寻找一些甜蜜的，遥远的乐土

But nobody never breaks free of nothing 但是，没有人从来没有休息无无

Wrapped in the arms of a plywood Superman, Superman 裹在胶合板超人，超人的臂

   

Now my old daddy, he worked in a factory 现在，我的老爸，他在一家工厂工作

And he used to beat on me with his mind not his hands 他用打在我身上，他的头脑不是他的手

And though for ten years he's laid in that grave in Birmingham 虽然十年来他奠定了在那座坟在伯明翰

To this day I still hear him saying what a useless thing I am 直到今天，我仍然能听到他一句话也没用的东西我什么

   

When I go climbing on my broken ladder 当我去攀上我的破梯子

I'm searching for something but what I don't understand 我在寻找的东西，但我不明白

Is how you can climb forever and still never reach nothing 你是如何爬上永远仍然没有达到什么

Trapped in your life like some plywood Superman, Superman 被困在你的生活像一些胶合板超人，超人

Plywood Superman, plywood Superman 超人胶合板，胶合板超人

Plywood Superman, plywood Superman 超人胶合板，胶合板超人