My friend, she told me such a story 我的朋友，她告诉我这样一个故事

But she didn't know what I knew 但她不知道我知道

I laughed with my friend when she got to the end 我笑了我的朋友，当她到了年底

I knew we were laughing at you 我知道我们在你们都在笑

   

She told me that you made some money 她告诉我说，你赚了一些钱

You got yourself framed on the wall 你让自己框在墙上

And people come by and they look at your face 和人来了，他们看着你的脸

And they say it's the fairest of all 他们说，这是最公平的

   

Of course you protest, that's what you do best 当然，你抗议，这就是你做的最好

And you're modest and shy to the end 而你是谦虚，腼腆到底

You're watching them as they're looking at you 你看他们，因为他们正在看着你

And you know it was money well spent 你知道那是钱用得其所

   

She told me you'd given up drinking 她告诉我，你会放弃饮用

To be with somebody you knew 为了与某人你知道

And you tried to get into the Bible 而你试图进入圣经

But it never got into you 但它从来没有到你

   

You've still got some loyal disciples 你仍然有一些忠实的门徒

I suppose that I'm one of the few 我想，我是为数不多的

I shouldn't have laughed, 'cause I mean you no harm 我不应该笑，因为我对你没有恶意

But my friend got to me before you 但我的朋友给了我面前，你

   

So next time I see you, I'll be pleased to see you 所以，当我看到你，我会很高兴见到你

I hope you'll be pleased to see me 我希望你会很高兴看到我

I'll visit your picture, I won't have the nerve 我会访问你的照片，我也不会好意思

To tell them that they've got you all wrong 要告诉他们，他们已经得到了你全错了