Ticking away the moments 滴答难忘的时刻

That make up a dull day 这构成了一个平淡的日子

   

Fritter and waist the hours 油条和腰部小时

In an off-hand way 在副手的方式

   

Kicking around on piece of ground 在这块地上闲逛

In your home town 在你的家乡

   

Waiting for someone or Something 等待某人或某事

To show you the way 要告诉你的方式

   

Tired of lying in the sunshine 累了躺在阳光

Staying home to watch the rain 留在家里看雨

   

You are young and life is long 你还年轻，寿命长

And there is time to kill 并且有时间杀

   

And then one day you find 然后有一天，你发现

Ten years have got behind you 十几年了，你身后

   

No one told you where to run 没有人告诉你往哪跑

You missed the starting gun 你错过了发令枪

   

And so you run and you run 所以你跑，你跑

To catch up with sun 追赶太阳

But it's sinking 但它的沉没

   

Racing around 围绕赛车

To Come up behind you again 拿出你身后再次

   

The sun is the same 太阳是相同

In a relative way 在一个相对的方式

But you're older 但是你长大

   

Shorter of breath 呼吸短

And one day closer to death 有一天接近死亡

   

Every year is getting shorter 每年都有越来越短

Never seem to find the time 似乎从来没有找到时间

   

Pans that either come to naught 锅，要么前功尽弃

Or half a page of scribbled line 潦草线或半页

   

Hanging on in quiet desperation 在平静的绝望挂在

Is the English way 是英文的方式

   

The Time is gone 时代已经一去不复返了

The song is over 这首歌是在

Thought I'd something more to say 想我意犹未尽