Only the very young 只有在很年轻

And the very beautiful 而且很漂亮

Can be so aloof 可以这么冷漠

Hanging out with the boys 挂了男孩

All swagger and poise 所有的招摇和风度

I don't even care 我什至不关心

What other people are there 其他人都没有什么

I just stare and stare and stare 我只是呆呆地凝视，凝视

   

I see your shadow in the swimming pool 我看到你的影子在游泳池

I see your face in the shaving mirror 我看到你的脸在剃须镜

Time and time and time again 一次又一次

I follow your footsteps 我跟随你的脚步

So quietly up the backstairs 就这样悄悄地起来后楼梯

And I hope and I pray 我希望，我祈祷

You're never going to find me there 你永远不会发现我在那里

   

Smooth skin and tenderness 光滑的皮肤和温柔

Long ago on a dark night 很久以前，在一个漆黑的夜晚

Wish I could see you once again 希望我能再次见到你

Just to remember it was true 只是要记住这是真的

I want to be still beside you 我想还是你身边

Quiet and still beside you 安静，依然在你身边

Listening to your breathing 听你的呼吸

And feeling your warmth again 并再次感受你的温暖

   

War baby - you were a 战争的婴儿 - 你是一个

War baby - this means 战争的宝宝 - 这个手段

War baby - I'm scared, so scared 战争宝贝 - 我很害怕，很害怕

Of whatever it is 不管它是

You keep putting me through 你一直把我度过

   

I don't think I could stand 我不认为我可以站起来

Another ten years of this fighting 再过十年这个战斗

All this stabbing and wounding 这一切都刺痛和伤人

Only getting my own back 只有让我自己回来

I don't want to batter you 我不想给你连击

To your feet and knees and elbows 你的脚和膝盖和手肘

When I'm kneeling like a candle 当我跪像蜡烛

At the foot of my own bed 在我自己的床脚下

   

Corresponding disasters 相应的灾害

Every night on the TV 电视上每天晚上

Sickening reality keeps 令人作呕的现实不断

Gripping me in its guts 夹紧我的胆量

All my friends talk and joke 我所有的朋友聊天，开玩笑

And laugh about Armageddon 和笑对世界末日

But like a nightmare it's still 但是，就像一场噩梦，它仍然

Waiting there at 在等候在那里

The end of every day 每一天结束的时候

   

War baby - you were a 战争的婴儿 - 你是一个

War baby - this means 战争的宝宝 - 这个手段

War baby - I'm scared, so scared 战争宝贝 - 我很害怕，很害怕

Of whatever it is you keep putting me through 不管它是你一直把我渡过

   

I don't think I could stand another 我不认为我能忍受另一

Ten years of this fighting 十年这个战斗

All this stabbing and wounding 这一切都刺痛和伤人

Only getting my own back 只有让我自己回来

But later that same evening 但后来当天晚上

We were out in the car talking 我们在车上谈

When I suddenly wondered who the hell 当我突然不知道谁是地狱

It was we were trying to fool 这是我们试图愚弄

   

Cause you were the 因为你是在

First one that I ever wanted 第一个是我曾经想

And it's you I come home to 而且它是你，我回家

At the end of every day 在每一天结束时

Like a mother-sucking baby 就像一个母亲，婴儿吸吮

Demanding and so helpless 要求高，所以无奈

A little old balding man 一老一少秃顶的男人

All wrinkles and bulging eyes 所有的皱纹和眼胀

   

War baby - you were a 战争的婴儿 - 你是一个

War baby - well this means 宝贝战争 - 以及，这意味着

War baby - I'm scared, so scared 战争宝贝 - 我很害怕，很害怕

Of whatever it is you keep putting me through 不管它是你一直把我渡过