So long ago, I don't remember when                                很久以前，我已不记得何时
That's when they say I lost my only friend                        我失去了唯一的朋友
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease            他们说她死于心脏疾病
As I listened through the cemetery trees                          当我聆听着墓地的树丛
I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn                   我看见黄昏的太阳从葬礼的一边生起
The long broken arm of human law                                  人类机制的长长的残缺的手臂

Now it always seemed such a waste                                 现在看起来实在是个浪费
She always had a pretty face                                      因她总是有着美丽的面容
So I wondered how she hung around this place                      我不知她如何在这里滞留

Hey, come on try a little                                         一定要尝试
Nothing is forever                                                没有什么是永远的
There's got to be something better than In the middle             总有比中庸更好的东西
But me & Cinderella                                               但我和Cinderella 
We put it all together We can drive it home                       我们能把它装好，开回家
With one headlight;                                               只有一盏车灯

She said it's cold                                                她说很冷
It feels like Independence Day                                    感觉象独立节
And I can't break away from this parade                           我不能冲出这游行的队伍
But there's got to be an opening                                  但应有个出口
Somewhere here in front of me                                     在我面前的某处
Through this maze of ugliness and greed                           穿过贪婪和丑恶的迷宫
And I seen the sign up ahead                                      我看见前面的招牌
At the county line bridge                                         在县公路桥上
Sayin' all there's good and nothingness is dead                   写着美好就在前头，空洞已不复存在
We'll run until she's out of breath                               我们要跑到她剩最后一口气
She ran until there's nothin' left                                她竭尽全力
She hit the end it's just her window ledge                        她终于在她的窗沿离开人世

Hey, come on try a little                                         一定要尝试
Nothing is forever                                                没有什么是永远的
There's got to be something better than In the middle             总有比中庸更好的东西
But me & Cinderella                                               但我和Cinderella 
We put it all together We can drive it home                       我们能把它装好，开回家
With one headlight;                                               只有一盏车灯

Well this place is old                                            这地方很古老
It feels just like a beat up truck                                象个破旧的卡车
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn                    我试着发动它，却怎么也不能
Well it smells of cheap wine and cigarettes                       这里闻起来象劣质酒和烟的气息
This place is always such a mess                                  这里总是这般零乱
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn                       有时我真想看着它被烧毁
I'm so alone, and I feel just like somebody else                  我非常孤单，感觉不象自己
Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same                 我没有变，但我已不似从前
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams      在城市死亡梦里的墙壁间
I think of death it must be killin' me                            我思想着死亡，它必在折磨着我

Hey, come on try a little                                         一定要尝试
Nothing is forever                                                没有什么是永远的
There's got to be something better than In the middle             总有比中庸更好的东西
But me & Cinderella                                               但我和Cinderella 
We put it all together We can drive it home                       我们能把它装好，开回家
With one headlight;                                               只有一盏车灯