My father was a farmer 我的父亲是一个农民

But his head was in the sky 不过，他的头是在天空中

He worked everyday but Sunday 他每天的工作，但周日

'Til the day he died 直到有一天他死了

He prayed for rain and thunder 他祈祷下雨，打雷

And listened for the sound 并听取了声

In the dry years he went under 在枯水年，他去了下

He never got off the ground 他从来没有离开地面

   

We all dream when we're younger 我们所有的梦想，当我们年轻的

That we will do great things 我们会做伟大的事情

Me, I used to have a hunger 我，我曾经有一个饥饿

To wear a pilot's wings 戴上飞行员的翅膀

   

But the circle's that I ran in 但圆的，我跑了

Turned my head around 围绕把我的头

And the planes I had my plans in 和面，我有我的计划中

Never got off the ground 从来没有离开地面

   

Don't raise your hopes 不要扬起你的希望

You hear so many say 你听到这么多的说

The higher they get 他们得到更高的

The closer they are to flying away 越接近他们要飞走

Fly away.. 飞走..

   

Don't raise your hopes 不要扬起你的希望

You hear so many say 你听到这么多的说

The higher they get 他们得到更高的

The closer they are to flying away 越接近他们要飞走

   

They say there but for fortune 他们说有，但对于财富

Is the way it would have been 就是这样，它会一直

If we could take a bigger portion 如果我们可以采取一个更大的部分

We'd fill our hands again 我们会再次填写我们的手

You see them on the sidewalks 你看他们在人行道上

In the parks all over town 在公园全城

Those who've taken flight 这些谁已经采取了飞行

Never got off the ground 从来没有离开地面