My tape recorder 我的录音机

It must be lyin' 必须胡扯

'Cause this I just can't believe “因为这我简直不敢相信

I hear a voice that's cryin' 我听到一个声音的哭泣

That's not me 这不是我

   

The wheel goes round 车轮绕着

I hear a sound 我听到了声音

It's comin' out all wrong 它马上就要来了都错了

And I swear to you I never wrote that song 我向你发誓我从来没有写过这首歌

   

I been livin' in my own shell so long 我一直活着在我自己的壳这么久

The only place I ever feel at home 我曾经有宾至如归的感觉，唯一的地方

   

And oh, that music 哦，那音乐

I hate those lyrics 我讨厌那些歌词

It stayed inside me so long 它在里面住了我这么久

And I swear to you I never wrote that song 我向你发誓我从来没有写过这首歌

   

But pardon me 但是原谅我

I'm not lookin' for sympathy 我不是追寻的同情

Not sympathy 不是同情

I'm just thinking out loud 我只是在想大声

The melody 旋律

It goes nowhere pointlessly 这是条死胡同，毫无意义

Silence please 请沉默

   

I been livin' in my own shell so long 我一直活着在我自己的壳这么久

The only place I ever feel at home 我曾经有宾至如归的感觉，唯一的地方

   

And oh, that music 哦，那音乐

I hate those lyrics 我讨厌那些歌词

It stayed inside me so long 它在里面住了我这么久

And I swear to you I never 我向你发誓我从来没有