It was '71 when I wrote our first song, 这是71年的时候我写了第一首歌，

Mom was still sleeping - Dad was still gone, 妈妈还在睡觉 - 爸爸还在不在了，

So I snuck out of bed - wrote down a line, 于是，我悄悄下床 - 写下了一条线，

I liked the words but they seemed out of... 我喜欢的话，但他们似乎出...

Time, time, time is the enemy, 时间，时间，时间是敌人，

Trying to rhyme in a line what you meant to me, 试图韵在一条线上你的意思是我的，

I thought I had it when I found that diminished, 我原本以为，当我发现不减，

Seventy verses later I was still trying to finish, 七十经文后，我仍然在努力完成，

   

I was trying to find a new way to get to you, 我试图找到一种新的方式来获得你的，

Trying to find a new way to make it true, 试图找到一种新的方法，使之真实，

Trying to find a new way... 试图找到一种新的方式...

   

It was '82 before we broke their hearts, 这是82年之前，我们打破了他们的心，

Always pedal to the metal - unsettled from the start, 总是猛踩油门 - 从一开始就感到不安，

It was touch and go and up and down, 这是触摸和去向上和向下，

And we held onto each other like a merry-go-round, 我们扶住对方就像一个旋转木马轮，

Round, round like a satellite, 圆形，圆似一颗卫星，

I tried to sing it like you wrote it but it wasn't right, 我想唱就喜欢你写的，但它是不正确的，

I sung for millions and I sung for tips, í传唱几百万，我唱的技巧，

And all them sons of bitches on the Sunset Strip and... 和所有的人的儿子在日落大道和母狗的...

   

I was trying to find a new way to get to you, 我试图找到一种新的方式来获得你的，

Trying to find a new way to make it true, 试图找到一种新的方法，使之真实，

Trying to find a new way... 试图找到一种新的方式...

   

There we go long ago I know you remember, 在那里，我们走很久以前我就知道你还记得，

Yelling at me even though I never heard a word you'd say, 吼我，尽管我从来没有听说过你说一句话，

That was me, absentee, you see I was always living, 那是我的，缺席的，你看我总是活的，

In the make-believe looking for another way to say I loved you. 在虚构寻找另一种方式说我爱你。

I've been your lover and I've been your beast, 我是你的爱人，我一直在你的野兽，

And your worst critic when you needed one least, 和你最糟糕的批评，当你需要一个最低，

And you cut me down and I make you cry, 和你砍我失望，我让你哭，

I tried to change you and I still don't know why, 我试图改变你，我仍然不知道为什么，

Why, why do we go thru this, 为什么，为什么我们走通这一点，

I can see it in your eye that you're getting pissed, 我可以看到它在你的眼睛说你要生气，

Don't ask me if I like your suggestion, 不要问我，如果我喜欢你的建议，

If you don't want the answer, Baby, 如果你不想要的答案，宝贝，

Then don't ask the question, I'm just... 那就不要问这个问题，我只是...

   

I was trying to find a new way to get to you, 我试图找到一种新的方式来获得你的，

Trying to find a new way to make it true, 试图找到一种新的方法，使之真实，

Trying to find a new way... 试图找到一种新的方式...