If it came to pass that they should ask 如果过了，他们应该问

What could I tell them 我能告诉他们

Would they criticize behind my back 他们会批评我背后

Maybe I should let them 也许我应该让他们

Oh if only then and only then 哦，如果只有那么只有到那时

They would understand 才明白

They'd turn a full-blooded city boy 他们就会把一个精力旺盛的都市男孩

Into a full-blooded city man 成为一个精力旺盛的城里人

   

If they could face it 如果他们能面对现实吧

I could take it in their eyes 我可以把它在他们的眼中

Oh I know I'd make it 哦，我知道，我会想办法让这

Their tiny minds 他们的小心灵

And sacred cows just fake it 而神圣的牛只是假的

If only then and only then 如果只有那么只有到那时

They would understand 才明白

They'd turn a full-blooded city boy 他们就会把一个精力旺盛的都市男孩

Into a full-blooded city man 成为一个精力旺盛的城里人

   

But I know the way they want me 但我知道他们想要我的方式

In the way they publicize 在他们的宣传方式

If they could turn their focus off 如果他们可以把他们的焦点关闭

To the image in their eyes 在他们心目中的形象

Maybe it would help them, help them understand 也许这会帮助他们，帮助他们了解

Maybe it would help them, help them understand 也许这会帮助他们，帮助他们了解

Maybe it would help them, help them understand 也许这会帮助他们，帮助他们了解

That a full-blooded city boy 一个精力旺盛的都市男孩

Is now a full-blooded city man 现在是一个精力旺盛的城里人

   

Oh my soul 哦，我的灵魂

Oh my soul 哦，我的灵魂

Oh my soul 哦，我的灵魂