I would have returned your greeting 我会回到你的问候

if it weren't for the way you were looking at me 如果不是的方式，你在看着我

this street is not a market 这条街是不是市场

and I am not a commodity 而我不是商品

don't you find it sad that we can't even say hello 你不觉得可悲的是，我们甚至不能打个招呼

'cause you're a man “因为你是一个男人

and I'm a woman 我就是一个女人

and the sun is getting low 而太阳就越来越低

there are some places that I can't go 有一些地方，我不能去

as a woman I can't go there 作为一个女人，我不能去那里

and as a person I don't care 作为一个人，我不在乎

I don't go for the hey baby what's your name 我不走了，嘿宝贝你叫什么名字

and I'd alone thank you 我独自也不会感谢你

just the same 只是在同一

   

I am up again against 我再次对

the skin of my guitar 我的吉他的皮肤

in the window of my life 在我生命中的窗口

looking out through the bars 看着窗外透过栅栏

I am sounding out the silence 我试探的沉默

avoiding all the words 避免所有的话

I'm afraid I've said too much 我怕我说了太多

I'm afraid of who has heard me 恐怕谁也听我的

   

my father, he told me the story 我的父亲，他告诉我的故事

and it was true 它是真实的

for his time 在他的时代

but now the story's different 但是现在这个故事的不同

maybe I should tell him mine 也许我应该告诉他看

all the girls line up here 所有的女孩都排队在这里

all the boys on the other side 在另一侧所有的男孩

I see your ranks are advancing 我看你们的队伍在前进

I see mine are left behind 我看到我的是留下

   

I am up again against 我再次对

the skin of my guitar 我的吉他的皮肤

in the window of my life 在我生命中的窗口

looking out through the bars 看着窗外透过栅栏

I am sounding out the silence 我试探的沉默

avoiding all the words 避免所有的话

I'm afraid I can never say enough 我怕我不能说足够

I'm afraid no one has heard me 恐怕没有人听我

   

and despite all the balls that I've been thrown 尽管一切，我已经抛出的球

and forced to drop 并被迫放弃

on the social totem pole 对社会的图腾柱

I'm preciously close to the top 我珍贵接近顶部

the put you in your place 在把你在你的地方

and they tell you to behave 他们告诉你的行为

but no one can be free 但没有人可以随意

until we're all on even grade 直到我们都在偶数级

   

and I would have returned your greeting 我会回到你的问候

if it weren't for the way you were looking at me 如果不是的方式，你在看着我