Emma tried to run away, 艾玛试图逃跑，

I followed her across the city, 我跟着她穿过城市，

She went out to the Easterhouse, 她出去了Easterhouse ，

Because she liked the sound of it. 因为她喜欢它的声音。

   

She didn't have a single penny, 她没有一分钱，

She stuck a finger in the air, 她坚持用手指在空中，

She tried to flag down an aeroplane, 她试着国旗下飞机，

I suppose she needs a holiday. 我想，她需要一个假期。

   

I put my arm around her waist, 我把我的胳膊搂着她的腰，

She put me on the ground with Judo, 她把我放在地上，柔道，

She didn't recognise my face, 她没认出我的脸，

She wasn't even looking. 她甚至没有看。

   

Laura's feeling just ideal, 劳拉的感觉只是理想，

Her horoscope was nearly perfect, 她的星座是近乎完美，

She's thinking of something to do, 她在想什么做什么，

Because she is The Birthday Girl. 因为她是女孩的生日。

   

She walked out to the edge of town, 她走了出来，来到了小镇的边缘，

She saw me lying in the park, 她看到我躺在公园里，

She took Emma by the hand, 她把艾玛的手，

They've got a lot in common. 他们有很多共同点。

   

I'll leave them to do what they want, 我将离开他们做他们想要的东西，

I'll leave them to do what they need to, 我将离开他们做什么，他们需要，

I'll go and play with words and pictures, 我去了文字和图片播放，

I'll admit I'm feeling strange. 我承认我感觉怪怪的。

   

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I'm not as sad as Doestoevsky, 我没有那么难过的Doestoevsky ，

I'm not as clever as Mark Twain, 我没有那么聪明，马克·吐温，

I'll only buy a book for the way it looks, 我只为它的样子买了一本书，

And then I stick it on the shelf again. 然后我又贴在货架上。

   

Now I could tell you what I'm thinking, 现在，我可以告诉你，我在想什么，

But it never seems to do you good, 但它似乎从来没有对你有好处，

It's beyond me what a girl can see, 这超出了我什么女孩可以看到，

I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs. 我只是清醒时，我写的歌。

   

This is just a modern rock song, 这仅仅是一个现代摇滚歌曲，

This is just a sorry lament, 这仅仅是一个遗憾慨叹，

We're four boys in corduroys, 我们四个男孩在灯芯绒，

We're not terrific but we're competent. 我们不是很棒，但我们主管。

   

Stevie's full of good intentions, Stevie的充满善意，

Richards into rock 'n' roll, 理查兹成摇滚摇滚乐，

Stuart's staying in and he thinks it's a sin, 斯图尔特的停留在他认为这是一种罪过，

That he has to leave the house at all. 他已经离开家都没有。

   

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This is just a modern rock song, 这仅仅是一个现代摇滚歌曲，

This is just a tender affair, 这仅仅是一个温柔的事，

I count "three, four" and then we start to slow, 我算“三，四”，然后大家开始放缓，

Because a song has got to stop somewhere. 因为一首歌曲得到了停止的地方。