Phil Vassar
I think before I speak
在我说话之前
I turn the other cheek more than I used to
我换了副态度 那种我不习惯的态度
I'm surprised I'm alive after
我很惊讶做了那么多疯狂的事儿后
All of the crazy things that I do
我还活着
I've still got that wild streak you love
我还留着你喜欢的那件条纹衫
But I'm not the man I was
但我已不是那个我
But I think I like me better now
比起21岁的我
Than when I was twenty-one
我更喜欢现在的我
Back then
那时
I ran with a reckless abandon in a Pontiac
我开着庞蒂克车横冲直撞
An' I'd smile with a misguided pride
他们称我为疯子
When they'd call me a maniac (Huh )
我居然还引以为傲的笑了
And I couldn't get gone fast enough
我却不能那么快脱身
God knows I was the prodigal son
连神都知道我是个纨绔子弟
I took a match to every bridge back
我参加所有的道路桥梁比赛
Then when I was twenty-one
我那时21岁
Whoa whoa age does change us
年龄未动我分毫
And it's a good thing that it does
这是好事儿 真的
It pays the wages: man
因为你劳有所得
I can't believe how far I've come
从21岁至今
From when I was twenty-one
难以置信我已走了这么远
Whoa whoa yeah
To those broken hearts I left without regard
对那些被我曾不计后果
I didn't know the consequences (Huh )
遗弃的 伤过心的人
I apologise an' with a little time now
在此 我用仅有的时间向你们道歉
I've come to my senses
我良心发现
And now I see the power
我感觉到了我的力量
And the promise in commitment to your love
还有对你许下的那爱的承诺
That's something I could never have done
那是我本不该做的
When I was twenty-one
那是我21岁
Whoa whoa age does change us
时间确实改变了我们
And it's a good thing that it does
这是好事儿 真的
It pays the wages: man
因为你劳有所得
I can't believe how far I've come
从21岁至今
From when I was twenty-one
难以置信我已走了这么远
Whoa whoa whoa when I was twenty-one
那年我21岁
Whoa when I was twenty-one
那年我21岁
Mmm hmm