I don't know how I'm gonna tell you, 我不知道我该怎么要告诉你，

I can't play with you no more, 我不能跟你玩不动了，

I don't know how I'm gonna do what mama told me, 我不知道如何我会做什么，妈妈告诉我，

My friend, the boy next door. 我的朋友，隔壁的男孩。

I can't believe what people saying, 我不相信什么人说，

You're gonna let your hair hang down, 你什么时候让你的头发垂下来，

I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long, 我很满意在这里坐着工作一整天，

You're in the darker side of town. 你是在城市的阴暗的一面。

   

And when I'm out I see you walking, 当我发现我看你走，

Why don't your eyes see me, 为什么不是你的眼睛看我，

Could it be you've found another game to play, 难道你已经发现了另一个游戏玩，

What did mama say to me. 什么妈妈对我说。

   

That's the way, oh, 就是这样的哦，

That's the way it ought to be, 这就是它的方式应该是，

Yeah, yeah, mama say 是啊，是啊，妈妈说

That's the way it ought to stay. 就是这样它应该留下来。

   

And yesterday I saw you standing by the river, 昨天我看见你站在河边，

And weren't those tears that filled your eyes, 而不是那些泪水填满你的眼睛，

And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying, 和所有躺着的脏水垂死的鱼，

Had they got you hypnotized? 如果他们把你催眠？

   

And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers, 昨天我看到你亲吻的小花朵，

But all that lives is born to die. 但一切生命的诞生到死亡。

And so I say to you that nothing really matters, 所以，我要对你们说什么真的很重要，

And all you do is stand and cry. 而你要做的就是站起来哭。

   

I don't know what to say about it, 我不知道该说些什么，

When all you ears have turned away, 当你的耳朵已经转身走了，

But now's the time to look and look again at what you see, 但现在是时候来看看，再看看你看到了什么，

Is that the way it ought to stay? 是它的方式应该留下来吗？

   

That's the way... 就是这样...

That's the way it oughtta be 这就是它oughtta是这样

Oh don't you know now, mama said.. 哦，不，你现在知道了，妈妈说..

That's the way it's gonna stay, yeah. 这就是它的会留下来的方式，是啊。