"Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely."

「交些朋友吧，不然你會很孤單」

Once I was seven years old

我那年七歲

It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger

世界好大，但我們總以為自己至高無上

Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker

互相激勵突破極限，我們狂飆成長

By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor

十一歲時開始吸吸大麻，喝點烈酒

Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure

我們離鄉背井試著多賺點錢

Once I was eleven years old, my daddy told me,

那年十一歲，我的爸爸告訴我

"Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely."

「以後討個老婆，不然你會很孤單」

Once I was eleven years old

我那年十一歲

I always had that dream, like my daddy before me

我有個夢想，想要成為像我爸爸的人

So I started writing songs, I started writing stories

所以我開始寫歌，開始寫故事

Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me

那些輝煌亮麗的成功人生，我一點也不感興趣

'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me

因為我只要愛我的人懂我就行了

Once I was twenty years old, my story got told

那年二十歲，我的故事開始傳唱

I was writing about everything I saw before me

我寫下我的所見所聞

Once I was twenty years old

那年我二十歲

Soon we'll be thirty years old, our songs have been sold

我們很快會邁入三十歲，我們的歌會暢銷

We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming

我們可以環遊世界，四處晃晃

Soon we'll be thirty years old

很快我們就會邁入三十歲

I'm still learning about life. My woman brought children for me

我還在品味人生，而我的老婆生了小孩

So I can sing them all my songs. And I can tell them stories

我可以唱我的歌給孩子聽，還可以告訴他們歌裡的故事

Most of my boys are with me. Some are still out seeking glory

我大部分的朋友都還在，雖然有些仍然在追逐名利

And some I had to leave behind. My brother, I'm still sorry

另外有些我已遠離，我的兄弟，我很抱歉

Soon I'll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-one

很快我就要六十歲了，我的爸爸活到六十一

Remember life, and then your life becomes a better one

好好生活，生活就會變得更美好

I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once

我曾寫了信給我爸，讓他開心不已

I hope my children come and visit once or twice a month

我希望我的孩子常來看我，一個月至少一次到兩次

Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

很快我就要六十歲了，我會覺得這個世界很冷酷嗎？

or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?

還是我會有一群讓我感到溫暖可愛的孩子呢？

Soon I'll be sixty years old

我很快就要六十歲了

Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

很快我就要六十歲了，我會覺得這個世界很冷酷嗎？

or will I have a lot of children who can hold me?

還是我會有一群可以陪伴我的孩子呢？

Soon I'll be sixty years old.

我很快就要六十歲了

Once I was seven years old, my mama told me,

那年七歲，我的媽媽告訴我

"Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely."

「交些朋友吧，不然你會很孤單」

Once I was seven years old

我那年七歲

Once I was seven years old

我那年七歲