I built my own chains in the land of the free 我建立我自己的连锁店在自由的土地

A slave to a job that meant nothing to me 的奴隶，这意味着什么给我一份工作

With three shiny new cars and a split level home 有三个闪亮的新车和复式家

To furnish the tomb I was dying to own 为了提供墓我要死了自己

   

Then one day I wakened with fear in my eye 然后，有一天，我在我的眼睛醒来的恐惧

Aware of a world that was passing me by 意识到被路过我的世界

And I knew that my savings of silver and gold 我知道，我的积蓄金银

Would mean not a thing when my body was cold 就意味着没有事情时，我的身体是冷的

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

Because life is a song for the dying to sing 因为生活是一首歌的垂死唱

And it’s got to have feeling to mean anything 而且它得有感觉意味着什么

And a man can get by without silver or gold 和一个人可以不需要银色或金色

With bread for the body and song for the soul 面包对身体和歌曲的灵魂

   

I’m living my life by the lesson I’ve learned 我被我所学到的教训住了我的生活

And not looking back at the bridges I’ve burned 而不是回头看我烧的桥梁

Cause the time that we travel from cradle to grave 原因是我们从摇篮前往坟墓的时候

Was meant to be spent and not meant to be saved 本来是使用了与不意味着要保存

   

And I know there are some who will say I’m a fool 我知道有一些谁都会说我是个傻瓜

But I don’t give a damn for the people that do 但我不给该死的那些人

Cause if down in a dungeon is where they belong 因为如果倒在地牢里是属于他们的地方

Well, that’s their misfortune and none of my own 嗯，这是他们的不幸，没有自己的

   

[Repeat Chorus] [重复合唱]