歌词与中文翻译
Sitting alone in my hotel
独自待在我的房间
Looking in the mirror wondering, "well,
我看着镜子思考起来，那好吧
After all this time you never thought you'd still be out on the road?"
这么久了，你还没踏入正轨吗
Like a gypsy I was born to roam
像吉普赛人的游旅，我生来闲适
Like a wanderer with no fixed abode
像是个旅人，居无定所
I think about the friends I've left behind on the road
我想起在路途中失去的友人
Well, the road's been rocky along the way
这条路多磕绊
It's been a long, hard haul on the motorway
这注定是条漫长艰难的路途
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
而如果它一路顺利便不该再被称作旅途
(On the road)
在路上
The bed and breakfasts and the greasy spoons
卧居早餐和沾着油污的餐具
(The road)
路途啊
The loser bars and the noisy rooms
失落者的聚集地，那些纷扰喧闹的场所
(The road)
在路上
The casualties who did too many lines
遇险的他们有太多束缚
(The road)
旅途啊
Wasted talent on women and wine
卓绝才华都花在酒杯和情感上了
I think of all the friends I've left behind
我想起我沿途弄丢的友人们
Whenever it's time to get back out on the road
是时候思考我真正想要的是什么了
Started playing blues in a coffee bar
在咖啡厅演奏起我的布鲁斯
I took a trip down Charing Cross Road
我沿着查令十字街走下去
With my imitation Gretsch guitar
带着我的Gretsch吉他
And my head full of songs and my eyes full of stars
脑中都是旋律，眼中尽是星辰
I saw a band called the Rolling Stones
我见到了一个名叫滚石的乐队
I thought, "that's it, I'll get a band,
我想，我想要的就是这个，一支乐队
I'm leaving home, I'm out on the road."
离开家，我踏上音乐的道路
The motorways all over this land
这里机车公路交错相连
(The road)
路途中
Far away places like Wigan and Birmingham
远走他乡，维根和伯明翰
(The road)
路途上
Didn't have no name, didn't have any fans
无名无籍，身无分文
(The road)
在路上
Didn't have no money so we slept in the van
穷困潦倒，我在餐车入梦
All those early gigs we ever played
我们办起现场演奏
Sometimes we were lucky if we even got paid
收到筹赏的我们，就很幸运了
On the road
在这路途上啊
Pete played on the bass guitar贝斯手Pete
Liked to get around, mixing with all the stars
总喜欢四处转转，看教那些巨星们
But Mrs. Avory's child was all fingers and thumbs
虽然Avory夫人的孩子缺了些天赋
But solid as a rock, setting time on the drums
可他却坚定如石，把所有时间安置在鼓架子上
While Dave the Rave hit the rock 'n' roll riffs
当Rave The Dave演奏起摇滚音律
Yours truly strummed away with a slightly limp wrist
（我译不来）
On the road
路途上
Everyday is when I can't get used to it
我还不适应这样的生活
Everyday is when I can't get away
我也无法从中抽离
Another day, another freeway to face
新的一天有全新启程
That's the road
这就是我选择的路
Well, life is a road, it's a motorway
是啊，生活也是一条道路
And the road gets rocky along the way
一条坎坷曲折的路
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
如果它太过顺利，似乎也不太对
(On the road)
这路程啊
Jimi Hendrix, The Who, the Led Zeppelin and Free
吉米·亨德里克斯，谁人乐队，齐柏林飞艇乐队
They took the road so it's alright by me
这就是我要走的路
Some are survivors, some are debris
一些完好一些破碎
If you play in a band that's the road that you take
选择做一支乐队这也一条路
Living in it, eating in it, sleeping in it
你的生活便与它息息相关
You wake up in the morning, what do you see?
清晨醒来，你看见什么
The road
那条路
Life is a road, it's a motorway
生活也是一段路程
Lost a lot of good friends along the way
在途中丢失一些好友
All the families and homes that I've left behind
家的羁绊也被我抛在身后
To the wives and the lovers and friends who had their time
对爱人和亲人们
I say, "you take your road and I'll take mine."
我说，我们都活出自己想要的人生吧
(You take your road and I'll take mine)
活成自己想要的样子
You take your road and I'll take mine
过自己的生活
(You take your road and I'll take mine)
为自己而活
Life is a road, it's a motorway
人生是一段旅程
And the road gets rocky along the way
坎坷曲折
But if it gets too smooth it's time to call it a day
不会事事顺心
(On the road)
旅途啊
Observed all the various phases from
我见证着
Flower power, heavy metal and acid rock
这些摇滚文化运动的历程
And still all the critics keep saying
批评家们仍在争论着
"Are they still around? When they gonna stop?"
还在继续吗，没完没了吗
It's just the dedicated followers of fashion who like putting down
它们就只是牺牲献己的花儿
All the well respected men who came dancing and are still on the road
受崇敬的人们永不谢幕
Sometime I get suicidal
又是我感到绝望沮丧
Now everyone is a rival
现在却人人皆可比拟
Different cars, different bars and hotels
车流穿行，浮世轮华
Corporations, big business and egos
纷扰利益事业与自尊纠缠
When it all gets too bad I think back
我回想这一切都太糟了
When we were all each other had
当我们都只剩彼此
When we started out on the road
当我们收整启程
And there's gas in my tank and I've still got a way to go
油箱不空，我便朝这条路驶下去
Another hotel, it's time to check out soon
又是新的一站
As I look around the room
我环视周围
I think of all the friends I've left behind
原来我已失掉曾经挚友
On the road
在途中