I am a man 我一个人

I’ve been working all my days 我一直在我所有的日子

This is my accounting 这是我的会计

Of my means and of my ways 而我的方式我的方式

 

More years are behind me now 多年来在我身后现在

Than years that are ahead 较年中处于领先地位

Looking back I feel 回想起来，我觉得

This is my story to be said. 这是我的故事可说。

 

I faced my father down 我面对我的父亲失望

Inside the hallway of our home 里面我们家的走廊

18 years of pain 18年疼痛

Upon my body to the bone 当我的身体骨骼

 

Demons lived inside of him 魔鬼住在他体内

They forced him to the act 他们强迫他的行为

The layers of the bruises 瘀伤的层

To my body was the fact. 我的身体是事实。

 

Ooooh OOOOH

 

I grew and went into the world 我从小走进世界

I learned to know it’s code 我学会了知道它的代码

Of spoken and unspoken 口语和潜

And I learned to love the road 我学会了爱在路上

 

I shoulder every burden like í肩负像每一个负担

A mule with a heavy pack 一个沉重的背包是骡子

Every coin I earn is another 我赚的每硬币的另一

Knot within my back. 在我的背上结。

 

Ooooh OOOOH

 

Ecstasy and pleasure come 摇头丸和快乐来

At much too great a cost 在太多太大的代价

I keep myself upon the earth 我把自己在地上

But measure what I’ve lost 但是，衡量一下我已经失去了

 

Winged things they brush against me 翅膀的东西，他们刷对我

Never mine to hold 决不矿举行

I keep my eyes upon the ground 我呼吁在地上让我的眼睛

And carry on as old. 并进行如旧。

 

I met a woman 我遇到了一个女人

She had the gifted touch 她有天赋的触摸

Her hands were wise with healing 她的手是明智的愈合

And with wonder and all such 并与奇迹，所有这些

 

As the fates would have it 由于命运将有它

Each to others we are wed 每次给别人，我们结婚

We confine ourselves to friendship 我们只谈友谊

And we stay out of the bed. 我们留在床外。

 

Oooh 哦

 

Now I turn around to face 现在，我转身面对

The specter of my age 我这个年龄的幽灵

My soul it fights my body 我的灵魂是打架我的身体

Like a bird will fight its cage. 像鸟儿一样会打它的笼子。

 

I see that last horizon 我看到最后的地平线

I hope it brings me peace 我希望它带给我平安

I look forward to the day 我期待着有一天

At last my body knows release. 最后，我的身体知道释放。

 

Ooooh OOOOH

Ooooh OOOOH