An old man gave me a tip he said 一位老人给了我一个提示，他说：

"Don't waste your time with politics" he said “别浪费你的时间与政治” ，他说

"Just chase skirts instead" “刚刚追裙子，而不是”

"Life is too short, and you're almost dead" he said “生命太短暂了，你快死了”，他说：

"I met a woman once, I gave her my best shot" “我遇到了一个女人有一次，我给了她我的BEST SHOT ”

"But never did I talk and talk and talk" “但我从不说话，说话，说话”

"If I had her back, I'd be as real as my age" “如果我有她的背影，我很真实，因为我的年龄”

"I so don't blame them, I wouldn't do the same" “我这么不怪他们，我也不会做同样的”

"But I can blame them, I'd sing her this" “但我不能责怪他们，我会唱她的这个”

   

And you want to be dressed in poetry 而你要在诗歌中被打扮

But imagery doesn't fit 但图像不适合

And you want resizing 而你要调整

But darling dear get a grip 但亲爱的亲爱获得抓地力

   

And I think what I just wrote is going over my head 我想我只是写会在我头上

I'm stealing lines from myself 我是从我自己偷线

And what I said was never said 而我所说的是从来不说

It's just a lyrical lie 这只是一个抒情的谎言

Made up in my mind 做了在我心中

   

And you want to be dressed in poetry 而你要在诗歌中被打扮

But imagery doesn't fit 但图像不适合

And you want resizing 而你要调整

But darling dear get a grip 但亲爱的亲爱获得抓地力

   

You're moving but not aware 你正在移动，但不知道

You're drowsy without a care 你昏昏欲睡没有照顾

Except keeping your whites behind your lids 除了让你的眼白背后的盖子

And your lids are your best canvas 和你的眼皮是您的最佳的画布

I can only imagine what you're painting, what you're painting 我只能想象你在画什么，你在画什么

And your body on my mattress is proof 你的身体在我的床垫就是明证

And your makeup on my pillow is proof 和你的妆容在我的枕头就是明证

But do you think I am telling you the truth 但是你认为我告诉你真相

   

It's just a lyrical lie 这只是一个抒情的谎言

Made up in my mind 做了在我心中

   

And you want to be dressed in poetry 而你要在诗歌中被打扮

But imagery doesn't fit 但图像不适合

And you want resizing 而你要调整

But darling dear get a grip 但亲爱的亲爱获得抓地力

   

And you want to be dressed in poetry 而你要在诗歌中被打扮

But imagery doesn't fit 但图像不适合

And you want resizing 而你要调整

But darling dear get a grip 但亲爱的亲爱获得抓地力