歌词
I want to learn how to fly
我想会飞
I want to be respected
我想得到尊敬
I want to get lucky
我想走好运
I want to get out of this dump
我想离开这个讨厌的地方
I just want to watch TV
我只想看看电视
I want to be loved
我想被爱着
I want to be different
我想与众不同
I want a brother and sister
我想有兄弟姐妹
I´d just rather be forgotten
我情愿被遗忘
I want to save the world
我想拯救世界
I want to be understood
我想有人理解我
I want to be rich
我想变得富有
Man, I just want to be somebody
而我只想有所作为
Julie's got the word today
朱莉今天被辞退，
She lost her job just one last pay
拿到最后一份工资，
Life don't come easy anymore
生活变得更加困难，
Still strugglin' on by herself
她仍独自苦苦挣扎。
Got a picture of Jimmy
看着架上吉米的照片，
There on the shelf
And she looks at him and says
她喃喃自语：
Why did we let it go
“为什么当初我们就这么算了，
I know that sometimes baby
虽然有时意见不合，
We didn't see things eye-to-eye
But I got just one question
可我一直很困惑，
Did we have to say goodbye
我们非得分手吗？”
Just like prisoners in paradise
就像天国的囚徒，
Still far from heaven's door
通往天堂的大门还如此遥远，
We had it all but still we wanted more
拥有一切却还想获得更多。
Now I realize that I can't turn back
事已至此，
The future's here to stay but hey
我知道无法挽回。
We're just children of tomorrow
我们总在期盼着未来，
Hangin' on to yesterday
却又对过去无法释怀。
Jimmy still recalls the night
吉米仍记得当晚，
When he took his guitar
当他拿起吉他，
And headed on out
头也不回地远走，
To find the big time
为了追寻
That was his dream
成功的梦想，
He gave up his past
抛弃以往，
And made it alright
一切慢慢好转。
But there's something missin'
然而今夜心中若有所失，
In his heart tonight
Sometimes what you want
有时你想要的
Ain't what you need
非你所需。
He misses drivin' down to the lake at night
他怀念那夜驱车到湖边，
Holdin' his baby in his arms so tight
紧拥爱人在怀。
Ain't it hard to find illusions
一旦沉溺在记忆中，
When you're livin' in a memory
无处不是幻想。
Just like prisoners in paradise
就像天国的囚徒，
So close but yet so far
近在咫尺却又如此遥远。
There will come a time
不管你是谁，
No matter who you are
总会有机会。
When you ask yourself
当你反身自问，
Was it right or wrong
离开是对是错，
For me to turn away but hey
We're just children of tomorrow
只不过是在期盼着未来，
Hangin' on to yesterday
却又对过去无法释怀。
Prisoners in paradise
天国的囚徒，
Prisoners in paradise
天国的囚徒，
We're just prisoners in paradise
我们就像天国的囚徒，
Still far from heaven's door
近在咫尺却又如此遥远。
We had it all but still we wanted more
拥有一切却还想获得更多。
We're just prisoners in paradise
我们就像天国的囚徒，
So close but yet so far
近在咫尺却又如此遥远。
There will come a time
不管你是谁，
No matter, no matter who you are
总会有机会。
When you ask yourself
当你反身自问，
Was it right or wrong
离开是对是错，
For me to turn away but hey
We're just children of tomorrow
只不过是在期盼着未来，
Hangin' on to yesterday
却又对过去无法释怀。
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