I've been taking my time for a long time 我一直在考虑我的时间很长一段时间

Putting my feet up a lot 把我的脚了很多

Speaking English as a foreign language 英语作为一门外语

any words that I haven't forgot 我没有忘记任何话

I've been thinking how I can't be bothered 我一直在想我怎么能不被人打扰

to wash the dishes or remake the bed 洗碗或重拍的床

What's the point when I could doss instead? 什么时候才能DOSS代替呢？

   

I've been hanging out with various riff-raff 我已经挂出了各种流氓

somewhere on the Goldhawk Road 地方上的戈德霍克路

I don't think it's gonna be much longer 我不认为这会是更长的时间

'til I'm mugging up on the penal code “直到我上了刑法抢劫了

Love is a bourgeois construct 爱是一种资产阶级的构造

so I've given up on the bourgeoisie 所以我对资产阶级放弃

Like all their aspirations, it's a fantasy 像所有的愿望，这是一个幻想

   

When you walked out you did me a favour 当你走出你帮了我一个忙

you made me see reality 你让我看到了现实

that love is a bourgeois construct 爱情是资产阶级的构造

It's a blatant fallacy 这是明目张胆的谬误

You won't see me with a bunch of roses 你不会看到我用一束玫瑰

promising fidelity 有前途的保真度

Love doesn't mean a thing to me 爱并不意味着一件事给我

   

Talking tough and feeling bitter 口气强硬，感觉苦

but better now it's clear to me 不过还好现在是很清楚，我

that love is a bourgeois construct 爱情是资产阶级的构造

so I've given up the bourgeoisie 所以我已经放弃了资产阶级

   

While the bankers all get their bonuses 而银行家们都得到他们的奖金

I'll just get along with what I've got 我只是相处是我得

Watching the weeds in the garden 看着在花园里的杂草

Putting my feet up a lot 把我的脚了很多

I'll explore the outer limits of boredom 我将探讨无聊的外部界限

moaning periodically 周期性地呻吟

Just a full-time, lonely layabout 只是一个全职的，孤独不务正业的人

that's me 这就是我

   

When you walked out you did me a favour 当你走出你帮了我一个忙

It's absolutely clear to me 这是绝对清楚，我

that love is a bourgeois construct 爱情是资产阶级的构造

just like they said at university 就像他们在大学说

I'll be taking my time for a long time 我会以我的时间很长一段时间

with all the schadenfreude it's cost 与所有的幸灾乐祸它的成本

calculating what you've lost 计算你已经失去了

   

Now I'm digging through my student paperbacks 现在，我通过我的学生平装书挖

Flicking through Karl Marx again 通过卡尔·马克思再次弹

Searching for the soul of England 搜索英格兰的灵魂

Drinking tea like Tony Benn 喝茶像托尼·本

Love is just a bourgeois construct 爱情只是资产阶级的构造

so I'm giving up the bourgeoisie 所以我放弃了资产阶级

until you come back to me 直到你回到我身边

   

Talking tough and feeling bitter 口气强硬，感觉苦

but better now it's clear to me 不过还好现在是很清楚，我

that love is a bourgeois construct 爱情是资产阶级的构造

so I've given up the bourgeoisie 所以我已经放弃了资产阶级