I wrote a song 我写了一首歌

That everyone loved 每个人都爱

With an acoustic guitar 用一把木吉他

And a rhyming thesauras 和押韵thesauras

   

And I found an angle 我发现了一个角

That no one had thought of 没有人想到的

The story wrapped 包裹的故事

in an undeniable chorus 在一个不可否认的合唱

   

And everyone fell in love with that song 每个人都爱上了这首歌

It must be the way that the melody 它必须是这样的旋律

marries the lyrics 结婚的歌词

someone should hear this 应该有人听到这

cut one is the song 切割一个是歌

   

I booked a few gigs 我订了几个演出

At every regional bar 在每一个地区的酒吧

And sold thousands of copies 而售出的拷贝十万

From the trunk of my car 从我的车后备箱

   

An underground journalist 地下记者

said it was hot 说，这是热的

And it could really take off 故能真正腾飞

If track 2 got a shot 如果轨道2有一个镜头

   

He wrote I fell in love with that song 他写道：我爱上了这首歌

It must be the way that the melody 它必须是这样的旋律

marries the lyrics 结婚的歌词

someone should hear this 应该有人听到这

cut two is the song 切口2是乐曲

   

I landed a deal 我登陆了一项协议

They loved my cd 他们喜欢我的CD

A&R was excited about A＆R很兴奋

Track number 3 轨道3号

   

But said the snare was too loud 但他说，小军太大声

And guitar too distorted 和吉他太扭曲

Let's get big named producer 让我们叫大生产

And just re-record it 而刚刚重新录制

   

Cause we all believe that is the song 因为大家都相信这是歌曲

It must be the way that the melody 它必须是这样的旋律

Marries the lyric 结婚歌词

The public should hear it 公众应该听到它

Cut 3 is the song 切口3是乐曲

   

The producer had never heard 制片人从来没有听说过

Demos this great 演示这个伟大

And there was just something special 而且只是一些特别的东西

About 5, 6 and 8 约5， 6和8

   

The record execs 唱片公司高层

said the research was in 说，研究是

they had made up their mind 他们已经拿定了主意

they're now goin' with track 10 他们现在要去与轨道10

   

cause everyone fell in love with that song 使每个人都爱上了这首歌

we couldn't believe they were serious 我们简直不敢相信他们是认真的

they had to be jokin' no the public had spoken 他们必须jokin 没有公众曾对

cut 10 is the one 切图10是一个

   

so the marketing geniuses 所以营销天才

developed a plan 制定了一个计划

to spend lots of money 花了很多钱

and package the band 并打包带

   

Hit the road in a bus 上路的公交车

The show started to gel 演出开始凝胶

but we couldn't recoup 但我们无法收回

with no records to sell 没有记录的销售

   

but the fans fell in love with the songs 但球迷们爱上的歌曲

they said where can we find the cd 他们说，我们在哪里可以找到CD

we just downloaded 3...free on kazaa 我们刚刚下载3 ...免费的Kazaa

la la la la... 啦啦啦啦......

   

And radio said if a song had potential 和电台说，如果一首歌有潜力

Cut 4 surely had it 4切肯定有它

but nobody had the balls to add it 但没有人球，将其添加

   

So the record came out 因此，记录就出来了

And it sat on the shelf 它坐在架子上

There was no need to talk about songs 9 thru 12 没有必要谈论歌曲9至12

After the whole thing was over and done 整个事情已经完结了之后

The public still talked about song number 1 公众还在津津乐道的歌曲数量1

   

Everyone fell in love with that song 每个人都爱上了这首歌

It must be the way that the melody marries the lyrics 它必须是这样的旋律结婚歌词

But no one would hear it 但是，没有人会听到它

They all fell in love with that song 他们都爱上了这首歌

Yeah I may have written 是的，我可能会写

The greatest most passionate song no one's ever heard 最大的最有激情的歌曲没有人听说过

We should have just covered freebird 我们应该只涵盖freebird