People say don't rock the boat, 人们说不要捣乱，

let things go their own way 让事情走自己的路

Ideas that once seem so right, 想法似乎曾经如此吧，

now have gotten hard to say 现在已经变得很难说

I wish I could talk to you, 我希望我能和你说话，

you could talk to me 你可以跟我说话

'Cause there's very few of us left 因为有我们中很少有人左

my friend 我的朋友

From the days that used to be. 从曾经是天。

   

Seem like such a simple thing 看起来这么简单的事

to follow one's own dream 跟随自己的梦想

But possessions and concession 但是，财产和让步

are not often what they seem 是不是经常表里如一

They drag you down 他们会把你拉低

and load you down 并加载你失望

in disguise of security. 在安全的化身。

But we never had 但是，我们从来没有过

to make those deals 使这些交易

In the days that used to be. 在这以前是天。

   

Talk to me, my long lost friend, 跟我说话，我久违的朋友，

tell me how you are 告诉我，你怎么样

Are you happy with 您是否满意

your circumstance, 你的情况，

are you driving a new car 你开着新车

Does it get you where you wanna go, 它让你你想去的地方，

with a seven year warranty 为7年质保

Or just another 或只是另一种

hundred thousand miles away 十万英里远

From days that used to be. 从天曾经是。