If you gave me a nickel to mend my ways 如果你给了我一个镍缝补我的方式

Well, then I'd have a nickel 好吧，那么我就会有一个镍

And I reckon I'd probably owe you change. 我想我大概会欠你的改变。

I don't have a care, 我没有照顾，

I don't have a plan. 我没有计划。

I've got nothing to spare. 我没有什么要做足。

And it's just the way I am. 它只是我的方式。

   

If you gave me a two-cents 如果你给了我一两毛钱

On how to live my life. 关于如何过我的生活。

Well, then I'd have two cents 好吧，那我就得两分钱

And a great big pile of bad advice 和一个伟大的一大堆不好的建议

I don't doubt your mind or ability 我不怀疑你的头脑和能力

I just highly doubt that you know 我很怀疑，你知道

What's right for me. 什么是适合我。

   

You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy 你说我固执得像头骡子，男孩

'Cause you've got words I just won't hear. 因为你已经有了的话我是不会听的。

I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy 我可能看起来倔强的骡子，男孩

But if wealth is measured by the ease, 但如果财富被容易测得，

To do just what you please. 要做到这你请什么。

Then I'm the richest man in here. 然后，我是最富有的人在这里。

   

You say to save my pennies 你说救我的便士

For a rainy day 以备不时之需

But I can't buy beer with pennies 不过，我可以不买啤酒便士

I've gone and stashed away. 我已经走了，并卷走。

That rainy day might be when I'm dead. 这雨天可能是当我已经死了。

So I'd rather spend them 所以我宁愿花他们

Now on beer instead. 现在啤酒代替。

   

If you bet me a dollar 如果你赌我一块钱

That I am wrong. 我是错的。

I'd take that dollar 我会采取美元

And I'd put it in the jukebox for this song. 而且我把它放在唱机这首歌。

Then I'd sit on back 然后，我会坐在后面

And pretend to hear your nagging words 假装听你的唠叨话

While I finish up my beer. 当我完成了我的啤酒。

   

You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy 你说我固执得像头骡子，男孩

'Cause you've got words I just won't hear. 因为你已经有了的话我是不会听的。

I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy 我可能看起来倔强的骡子，男孩

But if wealth is measured by the ease, 但如果财富被容易测得，

To do just what you please. 要做到这你请什么。

Then I'm the richest man in here. 然后，我是最富有的人在这里。

   

You got the things you need, 你有你需要的东西，

And that's alright for you. 那是正常的你。

You got your cubicle 你有你的小空间

And your three-piece suit. 和你的三件套。

You got security and hypertension, too. 你有安全和高血压也。

And you've got that tie that fits you like a noose. 而你就是我的领带适合你就像一个绞索。

   

Bet your bottom dollar 打赌你的底部美元

That the buck stops here. 这责无旁贷。

'Cause if you meet me in another forty years, 因为如果你遇见我在另一个四十年，

I'll still be broke 我还是会破产

And I may be old. 我可能是旧的。

But the life I've lived, 但生活中，我在这里住，

Would've been worth more than gold. 就已经价值超过黄金。

   

You say I'm stubborn as a mule, boy 你说我固执得像头骡子，男孩

'Cause you've got words I just won't hear. 因为你已经有了的话我是不会听的。

I may seem stubborn as a mule, boy 我可能看起来倔强的骡子，男孩

But if wealth is measured by the ease, 但如果财富被容易测得，

To do just what you please. 要做到这你请什么。

Then I'm the richest man in here. 然后，我是最富有的人在这里。