So I sit on this table for one 于是我坐下来此表一对

And pour me a drink that'll last 倒了我的饮料，会持续

I'm not drunk I just miss being young 我没有醉我只是怀念年轻

And I grew old too fast 我变老得太快

   

My wife she breaks and she bends 我的妻子，她打破，她弯腰

My children they don't understand 我的孩子，他们不明白

I came here tonight in search of a friend 我来到这里，今晚在寻找一个朋友

But I'm the invisible man 但我是隐形人

   

'Cause I've swallowed my tongue 因为我已经吞下我的舌头

And I've polished my gun 我已经擦亮我的枪

And I've sat on my secrets for years 我已经坐在我的秘密多年

With my stiff upper lip 与我咬紧牙关

My composure won't slip 我沉着不会打滑

And I've hidden each silent salty tear 我已经隐藏每个沉默的一滴泪

   

I sit on this table for one 我坐在这桌一对

And I have been here before 我以前来过

It's a little less than I'd had in mind 这是一个有点少比我所想

But I wouldn't ask for more 但我不会要求更多

   

And my mother she taught me to write 和我的母亲，她教我写

And my father he taught me his trade 而我的父亲，他教会了我他的贸易

And I wish that they could both be here tonight 我希望他们既能今晚在这里

To see what a mess I've made 看什么乱七八糟的我做了

   

'Cause I've swallowed my tongue 因为我已经吞下我的舌头

And I've polished my gun 我已经擦亮我的枪

And I've sat on my secrets for years 我已经坐在我的秘密多年

With my stiff upper lip 与我咬紧牙关

My composure won't slip 我沉着不会打滑

And I've hidden each silent salty tear 我已经隐藏每个沉默的一滴泪

   

My sons and my daughters don't know me at all 我的儿子和我的女儿不知道我的人

I've dug in trenches and put up walls 我一直在挖战壕和竖起的墙壁

I whisper I love you each night as they sleep 悄悄说我爱你，每天晚上他们睡觉

But no one hears me when I speak 但没有人听到我的时候我说

On this table for one 在此表一

   

So I sit on this table for one 于是我坐下来此表一对

I won't go till they tell me to leave 我不会去，直到他们告诉我要离开

Why'd they teach me to follow my dreams 你为什么他们教我跟着我的梦想

When dreams are all they can be? 当梦想都是他们可以吗？