I want to learn how to fly 我想学习如何飞翔

I want to be respected 我要得到尊重

I want to get lucky 我想撞大运

I want to get out of this dump 我想离开这个垃圾场

I just want to watch TV 我只是想看电视

I want to be loved 我想被人爱

I want to be different 我想是不同的

I want a brother and sister 我希望有一个弟弟和妹妹

I'd just rather be forgotten 我只希望，而被人遗忘

I want to save the world 我想拯救世界

I want to be understood 我想可以理解

I want to be rich 我想成为富人

Man, I just want to be somebody 伙计，我只是想成为别人

   

Julie's got the word today 朱莉今天有话

She lost her job just one last pay 她失去了她的工作只是一个最后买单

Life don't come easy anymore 生活中来的不容易了

Still strugglin'on by herself 由她自己还是strugglinon

Got a picture of Jimmy 得到吉米的照片

There on the shelf 有架子上

And she looks at him and says 她看着他，说：

Why did we let it go 为什么我们要让它去

   

I know that sometimes baby 我知道，有时候宝宝

We didn't see things eye-to-eye 我们没有看到的东西眼睛对眼睛

But I got just one question 不过，我只是得到了一个问题

Did we have to say goodbye 难道我们不得不说再见

   

Just like prisoners in paradise 就像在天堂囚犯

Still far from heaven's door 还远远天堂之门

We had it all but still we 我们拥有了一切，但我们仍然

Wanted more 想要更多

Now I realize that I can't 现在我意识到，我不能

Turn back the future's here 回头未来在这里

To stay but hey 留下来，但是，嘿

We're just children of tomorrow 我们明天只是孩子

Hangin' on to yesterday 犹豫不决，到昨天

   

Jimmy still recalls the night 吉米还记得夜

When he took his guitar 当他带着他的吉他

And headed on out 和领导对出

To find the big time 要找到大的时候

That was his dream 这是他的梦想

He gave up his past 他放弃了他的过去

And made it alright 并好吗

But there's something missin' 但是有一些想念

In his heart tonight 今晚他的心脏

Sometimes what you want 有时候，你想要什么

Ain't what you need 是不是你所需要的

   

   

He misses drivin' down 他错过了驾乘下降

To the lake at night 到湖边，晚上

Holdin' his baby 牵着他的宝贝

In his arms so tight 在他的怀抱那么紧

Ain't it hard to find illusions 是不是很难找的幻想

When you're livin' in a memory 当你活着的记忆

   

Just like prisoners in paradise 就像在天堂囚犯

So close but yet so far 这么近却又那么远

There will come a time 随之而来的一段时间

No matter who you are 不管你是谁

When you ask yourself 当你问自己

Was it right or wrong 它是对还是错

For me to turn away but hey 对我来说，转身离开，但嘿

We're just children of tomorrow 我们明天只是孩子

Hangin' on to yesterday 犹豫不决，到昨天