Got a call last night from an old friend’s wife 从旧朋友的妻子接到一个电话，昨晚

Said I hate to bother you 说我不想打扰你

Johnny Ray fell off the wagon 约翰尼·雷掉下车

He’s been gone all afternoon 他已经走了一下午

I know my buddy so I drove to Skully’s 我知道，我的朋友，所以我开车去Skully的

And found him at the bar 发现他在酒吧

I say hey man, what’s going on 我说嗨，伙计，这是怎么回事

He said I don’t know where to start 他说，我不知道从哪里开始

   

Sarah’s old car’s about to fall apart 莎拉的老车的即将土崩瓦解

And the washer quit last week 和垫圈上周退出

We had to put momma in the nursing home 我们只好把妈妈在护理之家

And the baby’s cutting teeth 而且宝宝的牙齿切割

I didn’t get much work this week 我没有得到太多的工作在本周

And I got bills to pay 我有账单要付

I said I know this ain’t what you wanna hear 我说我知道这是不是你想听到的

But it’s what I’m gonna say 但它是什么，我会说

   

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Sounds like life to me it ain’t no fantasy 听起来像是生活对我来说是不是没有幻想

It’s just a common case of everyday reality 这是日常现实只是一个常见的情况

Man I know it’s tough but you gotta suck it up 男人，我知道这是艰难的，但你总得吸起来

To hear you talk you’re caught up in some tragedy 要听你讲你的一些悲剧赶上了

It sounds like life to me 这听起来像生命给我

   

Well his face turned red and he shook his head 以及他的脸一下子红了，他摇摇头

He said you don’t understand 他说，你不明白

Three kids and a wife depend on me 三个孩子和妻子靠我

And I’m just one man 而我只是一个人

To top it off I just found out 最糟糕的是我刚刚才

That Sarah’s 2 months late 莎拉的2个月中，下旬

I said hey bartender set us up a round 我说：嘿酒保我们树立了一个圆

We need to celebrate 我们要庆祝

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

Sounds like life to me plain old destiny 听起来像是生活对我来说普通的旧命运

Yeah the only thing for certain is uncertainty 是啊肯定的唯一的事情就是不确定性

You gotta hold on tight just enjoy the ride 你得抓紧了刚刚享受骑

Get used to all this unpredictability 习惯了这一切的不可预测性

Sounds like life 听起来像是生活

   

Man I know its tough but you gotta suck it up 男人，我知道它的艰难的，但你总得吸起来

To hear you talk you’re caught up in some tragedy 要听你讲你的一些悲剧赶上了

Sounds like life to me 听起来像是生活我

Sounds like life 听起来像是生活