Another day late for the bus again 迟到的巴士改天再

A single mom just trying to make ends meet 一个单身母亲只是想糊口

Go to work, be on time, get out of the grocery line 上班，准时，走出杂货店线

Before the kids get home 在孩子们回家

Everybody's in a hurry 每个人都在赶时间

Totally stressed out and worried 完全强调出来，担心

If only she could turn back time to when 只要她能一次回头时，

She remembers 她记得

being 13 是13

Sleeping in till 11:30 睡至11:30

Dressing up in her mamma's jewellery 打扮在她母亲的珠宝

But she had to grow up, yeah we gotta grow up 但她长大了，是啊，我们得长大了

Summer seemed to last forever 夏天似乎永远持续下去

Parents always stayed together 父母总是呆在一起

Nothing matters, yeah whatever 没什么事，是什么

But she had to grow up, yeah we gotta grow up 但她长大了，是啊，我们得长大了

Sometime 有时

A grey haired man in a pinstripe suit 灰色头发的男子在细条纹西装

His last report long overdue 他的最后一份报告姗姗来迟

He pulled up to his parking spot, found 他拉过自己的停车位，发现

someone took his job 有人把他的工作

Now what's he gonna' do? 现在，什么是他该怎么做什么？

Everybody's in a hurry 每个人都在赶时间

Totally stressed out and worried 完全强调出来，担心

If only he could turn back time to when 如果只有他能一次回头时，

He remembers being 16 他还记得自己16

Quarterback of the old football team 老足球队的四分卫

Almost married the high school prom queen 差点娶了高中舞会皇后

But he had to grow up, yeah we gotta grow up 但是，他长大了，是啊，我们得长大了

Learned to drive on all the side streets 学会开车的所有横街

Bent the rules like they meant nothing 弯曲的规则​​像他们算什么

Stayed out late till the early morning 呆到很晚，直到凌晨

But he had to grow up, yeah we gotta grow up 但是，他长大了，是啊，我们得长大了

Sometime [x4] 有时[ X4 ]

Maybe I am only 14 也许我只有14

Maybe someday I'll be prom queen 也许有一天我会成为舞会皇后

Drive myself to where I should be 自己开车来，我要

But that's when I grow up, yeah that's when I grow up 但是，当我长大了，是啊，当我长大了，是的

But for now I'll drive my mamma crazy 但现在，我会开着我的妈妈疯了

Spin around till I get dizzy 不停地旋转，直到我弄晕了

Sleeping in till 11:30 睡至11:30

But I'll have to grow up, yeah I gotta grow up sometime 但我必须长大，是的，我得长大了一段时间