Love takes time we all agree 爱需要时间，我们都同意

and time's not the easiest to cheat 和时间是不是最简单的作弊

The water changes one degree 换水1度

When will the shiver 什么时候会发抖

of this river 这条河

turn to sea 转海

   

The river does no good, no harm 这条河没有好处，没有坏处

Tempts us like pirates to its calm 引诱我们像海盗的平静

Lover's shanty, devil's psalm 情人的棚户区，魔鬼的诗篇

Goddamn this river 该死的这条河

and its shiver 其哆嗦

and its charm 而它的魅力

   

If you've got love's A to Z 如果你有爱的A到Z

Don't go dredging river bed 不要去疏浚河床

Use your fins and use your head 用你的散热片，并用你的头

This river's hooked the floating dead 这条河的迷上了浮尸

   

Our lives go bounding down the strewn 我们的生活中去包围下散落

When will we realise minnow dreams 我们何时才能实现鲦鱼的梦想

The frustration eating you and me 无奈吃了你和我

Our only wish 我们唯一的心愿

to be the fish 是鱼

that meets the sea 符合海

   

We cannot tell a he or she 我们不能告诉他或她

But us fish can tell a we 但是，我们的鱼可以告诉我们

We know the seed we know the tree 我们知道，种子，我们知道树

When will my conker 我什么时候才能板栗

conquer thee 征服你

   

The cheaper woman and myself 便宜的女人和我

We've both got ladders in our tights 我们已经在我们的紧身衣均得到了梯子

When you've been left on the top shelf 当你一直留在上面的架子

You've got those ladders in your sights 你有这些梯子在你的目光