When I was only seventeen, couldn't wait for twenty one 那时我只有十七岁，不能等待21

I'd hang around on Clayton Street in the bars there gettin' drunk 我流连在克莱顿街的酒吧有刚开了醉了

A baseball cap and a fake ID would get me in the clubs 棒球帽和假身份证会得到我的俱乐部

Then I would dance with the college girls and lie about who I was 然后，我会跳舞的女大学生和撒谎我是谁

I'd say "I'm pre-Med. here at UGA, live on Milledge Avenue. 我会说“我是医学预科。在这里UGA ，住在埃吉大道。

I was raised over in Buckhead, I drive a BMW." 我是在巴克黑德提出了，我开的是宝马。“

   

I was breakin' hearts and takin' names and numbers just for fun. 我唱到心和羚牛的姓名和电话号码只是为了好玩。

Stealin' kisses wishin' I was twenty one. Stealin “吻许愿”我是21 。

   

When Thursdays came and pocket change would quickly disappear 在周四来了，口袋里的零钱会很快消失

Upstairs at Lowry's Tavern, we'd pay a nickel for every beer 楼上在洛瑞的小酒馆，我们会付出镍每啤酒

Shootin' pool, smokin' cigarettes with a dizzy head and a grin 乱射池，吸烟用晕头，咧嘴一笑

Four A.M. on a school night, still hangin' out with my friends 四上午在一所学校的夜晚，还是犹豫不决，我的朋友们

One hour's sleep on a dirty couch, no shower, off to school 一个小时的睡眠对一个肮脏的沙发上，没有淋浴，上学去

Smellin' just like a brewery with a bad hangover too Smellin “就像一个糟糕的宿醉啤酒厂太

   

The teachers all would hassle me: "Stay awake, pay attention" 老师们都将费尽口舌我： “保持清醒，注意”

I was catchin' hell, wishin' I was twenty one. 我捉地狱，许愿“我是21 。

   

The youngest one of all my friends, I didn't act my age 最年轻的一个我所有的朋友，我不采取行动我的年龄

Too cool for the football games and the homecoming parades 太酷了足球比赛和归国游行

   

Now I look back and I have to smile, cause boy it was fun 现在我回过头来，我微笑，男孩的事业很好玩

Bein' seventeen, wishin' I was twenty one 贝因 17 ，许愿“我是21

   

Now I'm only twenty six, feelin' more like fourty three 现在，我只有26 ，感觉更像是四十了3

My hairline's disappearing, and I never get ID'd 我的发际线的消失了，我永远不会IDd

My clothes are out of fashion, no I'm not cool anymore 我的衣服都过时了，不，我不冷静了

In the bed by ten o'clock each night, and up at half-past four 在床上，每天晚上十点钟，最多在四点半

Still I go down to that college town when the Bulldogs play at home 还是我去到大学城，当牛头犬在家里玩

I drink keg beer from a trash can til the whole damn thing is gone 我喝桶装啤酒从垃圾桶直到整个该死的东西就是走了

   

Then I look at all those college girls so innocent and young 然后，我看着那些大学女生那么天真和年轻

And I just check 'em out, and say "Damn... I wish I was twenty one" 我只是检查时间了，并说：“妈......我希望我是21 ”