She was a midwestern prom queen 她是一个中西部的舞会皇后

Got her boyfriend headed out West 得到了她的男朋友领导在西部

They ended up in the valley 他们在山谷结束了

In a one room apartment 在一房公寓

A disconnected phone 断开连接的手机

Yeah 是啊

   

Now five years later she's single 现在，五年后，她的单曲

She's got two kids and a note 她有两个孩子，一记

And if she gets a moment to herself 如果她得到片刻自己

She can remember how everything used 她还记得如何使用一切

To go her way 走她的路

She says 她说，

   

Where did the time go 哪儿来的时间去

When everything was simple and free? 当一切都简单和免费的吗？

I want to know what happened 我想知道发生了什么

Somebody woke me before I could 有人还没等我把我吵醒

Have my American Dream 有我的美国梦

   

For twenty years he worked corporate 二十年来他工作的公司

He planned to early retire 他打算提前退休

His CEO he stole a billion dollars 他的CEO ，他偷了一个十亿美元

Now he's working at Denny's 现在，他在丹尼的工作

Hoping for a raise 希望加薪

He thinks 他认为，

   

Where did the time go 哪儿来的时间去

When everything was simple and free? 当一切都简单和免费的吗？

I want to know what happened 我想知道发生了什么

Somebody woke me before I could 有人还没等我把我吵醒

Have my American Dream 有我的美国梦

   

Yeah, yeah, yeah 是啊，是啊，是啊

   

I'm a little bit rebel 我是一个有点反叛

I'm a bit patriot 我有点爱国者

I can see they're both sides of the coin 我可以看到他们是一枚硬币的两面

But still it gets a bit rough 但还是开始有点粗糙

Everything is screwed up 一切都搞砸了

I guess it­s just the American way 我猜它只是美国的方式

   

Sometimes I wonder how you are 有时候我在想你怎么样

You're up in New York City with a family 你在纽约市一个家庭

I think I could have been your guy 我想我可能是你的男人

It's just a moment in time that is slipping on away 这只是一个时刻被滑倒在客场

   

Where did the time go 哪儿来的时间去

When everything was simple and free? 当一切都简单和免费的吗？

I want to know what happened 我想知道发生了什么

Somebody woke me before I could have 有人叫醒我之前，我可以有

My American Dream 我的美国梦

My American Dream 我的美国梦

   

Yeah, yeah, yeah 是啊，是啊，是啊

   

She was a midwestern prom queen 她是一个中西部的舞会皇后

Got her boyfriend headed out West 得到了她的男朋友领导在西部