Talk is cheap, and I should know 谈话是便宜的，我应该知道

I've given my everything, and it wasn't close 我已经给我的一切，它不是关闭

People mean well, but still make a mess 人是好意，但还是弄得一团糟

From now on I'm listening, and saving my breath 从现在起，我在听，而且节省了我的呼吸

   

Lately I'm losing my appetite 最近，我失去了我的胃口

For all the pretty young girls and the socialites 对于所有的年轻漂亮的女孩和社会名流

Who just talk 谁只是说说而已

And this is what we do, we just talk 这是我们做什么，我们只是说说而已

Watch 'em waste breath on a magazine 关注时间费口舌上杂志

Or rehash what the television shows all mean 还是老调重弹什么电视节目都意味着

It's just talk 它只是说说而已

And this is what we do, we just talk 这是我们做什么，我们只是说说而已

   

Some people don't know how they really feel 有些人不知道他们的真实感受

Some people won't talk about what is real 有些人不会谈论什么是真正的

And I could never chitchat all day long 而我却总是闲聊整天

Some people just look for an open ear 有些人只是寻求一个开放的耳朵

Some people don't care what you want to hear 有些人不在乎你想听什么

And everybody's talking while they're stringing me along 而且每个人都当他们沿着穿线我说话

   

I'll go by what you do 我去了你做什么

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

And I don't want to wait for you 我不想等你

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

I don't know how you spend your time 我不知道你是怎么度过你的时间

But I'm done wasting all of mine 但我做了所有的浪费我的

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

   

Lately I'm tired of politics 最近我已经厌倦政治

And listening to the neverending arguments 并听取了无休止的争论

That just stall 这只是摆摊

And this is what we do, we just talk 这是我们做什么，我们只是说说而已

Never know someone to change their mind 从来不知道一个人改变主意

After a heated debate over the moral lines 后在道德防线的激烈辩论

We just crossed 我们刚刚跨过

But this is what we do, we just talk 但是，这是我们做什么，我们只是说说而已

   

Some people get cute and they draw the line 有些人得到可爱的，他们划清界线

Some people won't choose over left and right 有些人不会选择在左边和右边

And I could never stomach all that greed 我永远无法忍受一切的贪婪

Some people don't care enough 有些人不关心不够

Some people get scared enough 有些人感到害怕不够

To get talked into something that they think they should believe 若要谈成，他们认为他们应该相信的东西

   

I'll go by what you do 我去了你做什么

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

And I don't want to wait for you 我不想等你

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

I don't know how you spend your time 我不知道你是怎么度过你的时间

But I'm done wasting all of mine 但我做了所有的浪费我的

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

   

Some people, some people, some people 有些人，有些人，有些人

Think action is overdue 认为行动是过期

Some people, some people, some people 有些人，有些人，有些人

Can't wait, we've got work to do 不能等待，我们有工作要做

   

I only speak of what I've done 我只是讲我做了什么

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

And if you're listening, everyone 如果你听，每个人都

Bite your tongue when you're talking to me 咬当你在跟我说话你的舌头

   

I'll go by what to do 我去了怎么办

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

And I don't want to wait for you 我不想等你

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜

I don't know how you spend your time 我不知道你是怎么度过你的时间

But I'm done wasting all of mine 但我做了所有的浪费我的

Cause talk is cheap 因为谈话是便宜