We've known her ever since she was a kid 我们已经认识她以来，她还是个孩子

She was the kind of girl who repeats her mistakes 她是谁重复她的错误的那种女孩

Her parents never minded what she did 她的父母从来不介意她的所作所为

She was a fallen angel with dirt on her face 她是在她的脸上堕落天使污垢

But past a certain point she stayed behind 但是，过去的某一点上，她留下

The two of us could never read her mind 我们两个人永远无法读出她的心思

The million ways she had of killing time 上万元的方式她消磨时间

   

So we just gave up 因此，我们便放弃了

Yeah we just gave up 是的，我们只是放弃了

'Cause sometimes, you know “原因有时候，你知道

There's limits to love 有限制的爱

   

We'd get impatient with her now and then 我们会变得不耐烦，她现在再

Oh, she'd smile and say, 'now you're not being nice.' 哦，她笑着说， “现在你不是很好。 ”

I guess her definition of a friend 我猜她的一个朋友的定义

Was someone long on love, and short on advice 是人长的爱，并在很短的建议

We gave her money but the money's bad 我们给她钱，但这些钱是不好的

She took the dollars and just tore them in half 她把块钱，只是他们撕成两半

We got so angry, we just had to laugh 我们非常气愤，我们只是不得不笑

   

But we still gave up 但是，我们仍然放弃了

Yeah we still gave up 是的，我们还是放弃了

'Cause sometimes, you know “原因有时候，你知道

There's limits to love 有限制的爱

   

She'll get in trouble but she will scrape through 她会惹上麻烦，但她会通过刮

Oh, she's the kind of girl who can always find help 哦，她是那种女孩谁总能找到帮助

I'd say she's stupid, but it'd be untrue 我说她傻，但它会是不真实的

Oh, you've got to be smart if you're fooling yourself 哦，你一定要很聪明，如果你欺骗自己

We tried to love her, but our love unwound 我们试着爱她，但我们的爱出脱