Thought I was laying in the gutter in 以为我是铺设在阴沟里

Milk cartons and bones 牛奶盒和骨头

But I was standing on a mountain top 但我站在山顶上

Looking over your homes 寻找你的家

   

Thought I was laying my garden with 以为我躺在我的花园

My hands deep in soil 我的手在深层土壤

But I was there on an island 不过，我在那里的一个小岛上

Shooting flares at your boat 在你的船射击信号弹

   

Thought I was soothing like a violin 以为我是喜欢舒缓的小提琴

Confessing new rain 承认新的雨

But I was piping like a trumpet 但我是通过管道像一个小号

Frantic for fame 疯狂成名

   

Thought I was built like a building's built 以为我是像建建建筑物的

Iron, concrete and stone 钢铁，混凝土和石材

I realize I'm just a hack actor 我知道我只是一个黑客​​演员

Finished playing my role 演奏完毕我的角色

   

Your reading my thoughts 你看我的想法

Dreams old men dream 梦老男人的梦想

It's just like when we were kids 这就像当我们还是孩子

We'd lay around wondering 我们会躺在身边不知道

We try to listen to what they say 我们试着听听他们怎么说

   

Thought I was writing for a hundred hours 以为我是写了百小时

Looking straight into me 直视我

But I was reading on the news paper 不过，我在读的报纸

Obituaries 讣告

   

Thought I was nervous like a mailman 以为我很紧张，就像一个邮递员

Reading your letters, dear 读你的信，亲爱的

But I was at our anniversary 但我是在我们的结婚纪念日

Toasting 30 years 敬酒30年

   

Your reading my thoughts 你看我的想法

Dreams old men dream 梦老男人的梦想

It's just like when we were kids 这就像当我们还是孩子

We'd lay around wondering 我们会躺在身边不知道

   

We try to listen to what they say 我们试着听听他们怎么说

We try to listen to what they say 我们试着听听他们怎么说

   

Push my piano outside 外推我的钢琴

I don't care, I don't care 我不在乎，我不在乎

Beneath the meteor black sky 底下的流星黑色的天空

I don't care, I don't care 我不在乎，我不在乎

   

The neighbours will complain 邻居们抱怨

Let them stare, let them stare 让他们盯着，让他们盯

Who knows where the time goes? 谁知道在哪里的时候去？

I don't care, I don't care 我不在乎，我不在乎

   

What would you think of me if I told you 你会想起我，如果我告诉你，

I haven't slept in weeks? 我还没有在周睡？

I've been up chasing my childhood with a pin 我一直追了我的童年与销

These are dreams old men dream 这是梦想的老男人的梦想