Sometimes I wish I was born in another time 有时候我希望我出生在另一个时间

A long long time ago 很久很久以前

Things were much harder then 事情更难再

But I like the clothes they wore 但我喜欢他们穿的衣服

And the way they did their hair 而他们的方式做自己的头发

At least they took some care 至少，他们采取了一些照顾

Then they all went off to war 然后，他们都去上战场

You can never have it all 你永远不能拥有一切

   

Sometimes I wish I was born in another time 有时候我希望我出生在另一个时间

Say 1924 说1924年

People didn’t have much money then 人们没有太多的钱，然后

In fact most folks were poor 其实大多数人是穷人

   

But what about those cars 但对于那些车

And the sound of those guitars 而那些吉他的声音

And the voice of Old King Cole 和老国王科尔的声音

Soothed me to my soul 我安慰我的灵魂

   

Sometimes I wish I was born in another time 有时候我希望我出生在另一个时间

Say 1754 说1754

I’d go drinking with old Robbie Burns 我会去老罗比·伯恩斯喝

Whose words are made of gold 他的话是金子做的

   

Oh Christ we need him now 哦，基督，我们需要他现在

Said a talking Ayrshire cow 说一个会说话的牛艾尔郡

Now he’s drifted up to heaven 现在，他升上天空

He was only 37 只有37 ，他

Just a young man really 只是一个年轻的男人真的

Cut down in his prime 在他的全盛时期减少

   

Sometimes I wish I was born in another time 有时候我希望我出生在另一个时间

Long long time ago 很久很久以前

Things were much harder then 事情更难再

But I like the clothes they wore 但我喜欢他们穿的衣服

And the way they did their hair 而他们的方式做自己的头发

At least they showed some flair 至少，他们表现出一定的天赋

And they all went off to war 他们都去上战场

You can never have it all 你永远不能拥有一切

You can never have it all 你永远不能拥有一切

You can have some things some of the time 你可以有一些事情在某些时候

You can have most things nearly all the time 你可以几乎所有的时间都最多的事

But you can’t have it 但你不能拥有它

All of the time 所有的时间