I was born in ’82, a poor man’s son 我出生在82年，一个穷人的儿子

When it came to hand-me-downs he only gave me one 当它来到了手，我起伏，他只给了我一个

At first I was ungrateful, at once I was confused 起初我忘恩负义，突然我感到困惑

He said, “music is the cup for you I pour 他说：“音乐是杯子的你，我倒

It’s all I really have, wish I could give you more 这一切我真的，希望我可以给你更多的

But I have to catch my ride, son, I’m off to a distant shore” 但我要赶上我的顺风车，儿子，我要去一个遥远的海岸“

You see my dad gave me the keys but I’d have to show myself to the door 你看我爸给我的钥匙，但我不得不自己展现给门

   

Soon the words he left were too faint to hear 不久，他离开的话太微弱地听到

And a path with no direction made it hard to steer 而没有方向的路径，难以驾驭

My soul was dry and thirsty, my mind was so unclear 我的灵魂是干又渴，我的心是那么明朗

While wandering around and searching there 虽然四处游荡，寻找有

I came across a man I’d seen before I swear 我碰到一个人，我会见过我发誓

And again I’d see him too on a beach with the fading of the moon 又一次我看到他了海滩上与月亮的衰落

   

And he’d say, 他会说，

“Communication is calling you it’s all in you. “通信喊你这一切都在你身上。

No hesitation, you’ve got to see this through” 没有犹豫，你一定要看到这个通过“

   

I needed something to fill me up 我需要的东西，填补了我

In my bag a gift from dad, my music cup 在我的包从我的礼物，我的音乐杯

Well, I should have looked here first in an attempt to quench the thirst 好吧，我应该在这里，试图解渴看着第一

The taste was like a melody 味道就像一个旋律

With words to follow so expressively 文字遵循这样意味深长

I was off to share my song and no, it wouldn’t be too long 我被关分享我的歌，并没有，也不会太长

‘til I was standing on the stage and the crowd would sing it back to me “直到我站在舞台上的人群会唱还给我

   

And we’d say, 我们会说，

“Communication is calling us it’s all in us, “通信呼唤我们，这一切都在美国，

a celebration for you and me and the universe, our destination” 庆祝你和我和宇宙，我们的目的地“

   

(How we find the answers) （我们如何找到答案）

When we search beyond ourselves you know we always learn 当我们寻找超越自己，你知道我们总是学习

(We become so clever) （我们变得如此聪明）

Let our walls crumble and burn away 让我们的墙壁倒塌而烧掉

(Make a change forever) （做一个永远改变）

Can we lend a better hand than the one that we’ve been dealt? 我们可以伸出援助之手更好的比我们已经处理了吗？

Let the music be the way we get there 让音乐成为我们到达那里的方式

   

And we sing, 我们唱歌，

“La la la la la la la la” “啦啦啦啦啦啦啦啦”

   

I walked the beach that morning and I found my faithful friend 那天早上我走在沙滩上，我发现我的忠实的朋友

Waiting there with words of wisdom and a fishing rod in hand 用智慧的语言和钓竿在手等候在那里

I watched him and I listened so peculiar and so sweet 我看着他，我听了这么奇特这么甜

Saying “Love is all that we need and communication” 他说：“爱是一切，我们需要和沟通”

   

I said, 我说，

“Communication is calling me and yes, it’s all in me” “通信是在叫我，是的，这一切都在我”

   

The cup has served me well for fifteen years 杯子已经使我受益匪浅十五年

With music in my world I’ve shed some fears 音乐在我的世界，我流下了一些担忧

And I’ve tried to understand how to be a better man 我一直试图理解如何成为一个更好的人

There is rhythm to my life that ebbs and flows 有节奏，我的生命中起起落落

And at times the inspiration comes and goes ，有时灵感来了又走

But whenever it arrives, well, I go down a take a dive 但每当到达，好了，我去一家接一家潜水

When I swim up to the surface I sing “communication” every time 当我游到水面我唱“沟通”每次