Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call, 妈妈，妈妈的海洋，我听到你打电话，

Wanted to sail upon your waters 想要让您的海域航行

since I was three feet tall. 因为我是三英尺高。

You've seen it all, you've seen it all. 你已经看到了这一切，你已经看到了这一切。

   

Watch the men who rode you, 关注谁骑你的男人，

Switch from sails to steam. 从帆切换到蒸汽。

And in your belly you hold the treasure 而在你的肚子，你持有的宝

that few have ever seen, most of them dreams, 很少见过，他们大多梦想，

Most of them dreams. 他们中的大多数梦想。

   

Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late. 是的，我是一个海盗200年为时已晚。

The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder 该炮不打雷有没什么掠夺

I'm an over forty victim of fate 我是一个四十受害者的命运

Arriving too late, arriving too late. 到达太晚，到达太晚了。

   

I've done a bit of smugglin' 我做了一下smugglin的“

I've run my share of grass. 我跑我的那份草。

I made enough money to buy Miami, 我做了足够的钱买迈阿密，

But I pissed it away so fast, 不过，我也生气走这么快，

Never meant to last, never meant to last. 从未想过要持续，从未想过要长久。

   

I have been drunk now for over two weeks, 我一直在现在喝了两个多星期，

I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks, 我通过了，我重整旗鼓，我涌现了几个漏洞，

But I've got to stop wishin', 不过，我得阻止许愿“ ，

Got to go fishin', I'm down to rock bottom again. 得去钓鱼 ，我下到谷底了。

Just a few friends, just a few friends. 短短几年的朋友，只是几个朋友。

   

[Instrumental] [器乐]

   

I go for younger women, lived with several awhile 我去的年轻女性，生活与几个片刻

And though I ran away, they'll come back one day. 虽然我跑掉了，他们会回来的一天。

And still could manage a smile 而且还可以管理一个微笑

It just takes awhile, just takes awhile. 它只是需要一段时间，只是需要一段时间。

   

Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I've found 妈妈，妈妈的海洋，毕竟这些年来，我发现

My occupational hazard being my occupations 我的职业危害是我的职业

just not around. 只是不在身边。

I feel like I've drowned, 我觉得我已经淹死了，

Gonna head uptown. 会头住宅区。