when i wasa boy

I wont forget when Peter Pan came to my house took my hand
我忘不了那天彼得潘來到我家並牽住了我的手
I said I was a boy Im glad he didnt check
我說我是個男孩，幸虧他沒仔細看
I learned to fly I learned to fight
我學會了飛，學會了打架
I lived a whole life in one night
我一夜之間就過完了一生
We saved each others lives out on the pirates deck
我們在海盜船的甲板上死裡逃生
And I remember that night
我一直記得那一晚
When Im leaving a late night with some friends
可有天夜深我準備和幾個朋友回家
And I hear somebody tell me its not safe
我卻聽到有人跟我說這不安全
someone should help me
得有人幫助我
I need to find a nice man to walk me home
我得找個熱心的男人送我回家
When I was a boy I scared the pants off of my mom
當我是個男孩的時候，我很怕我媽媽
Climbed what I could climb upon
我盡可能地爬得很高
And I dont know how I survived
我都不知道我是怎麼活下來的
I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew
我猜我知道所有男孩的惡作劇
And you can walk me home but I was a boy too
你可以送我回家，但我也是個男孩啊
I was a kid that you would like just a small boy on her bike
我是那種騎起車來像男孩一樣的小孩
Riding topless yeah I never cared who saw
光著上身不在乎誰看到
I said No way its the last time Im not breaking any law
我會說沒門，這會是我最後一次守規矩
And now Im in a clothing store and the sign says less is more
而現在我正在服裝店，廣告牌上寫著少即是多
More thats tight means more to see
越緊意味著凸顯的越多
more for them not more for me
這是給別人準備的而不是我
That cant help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat
那種衣服並不能幫助我在十秒內順利爬上樹
When I was a boy see that picture That was me
那張照片裡的曾是男孩的我才是真正的我
Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees
我穿著帶有草綠色污漬的襯衫，膝蓋上滿是塵土
And I know things have gotta change
我知道有些事情要變了
They got pills to sell theyve got implants to put in
他們把苦口良藥和逆耳忠言灌輸給我
theyve got implants to remove
又徹底斷了我的念想
But I am not forgetting
但我不會忘記
That I was a boy too
我也是個男孩
And like the woods where I would creep its a secret I can keep
就像我曾打過滾的秘密森林一樣，這也是我需要保守的秘密
Except when Im tired except when Im being caught off guard
除非我筋疲力盡，除非我卸下防備
Ive had a lonesome awful day the conversation finds its way
我度過了孤獨又糟糕的一天
To catching fire-flies out in the backyard
我們東拉西扯
And I tell the man Im with about the other life I lived
我告訴我的愛人我的另一種人生
And I say now youre top gun I have lost and you have won
我說現在你是最優秀的了我失敗了你贏了
And he says Oh no no cant you see
他說你不知道嗎
When I was a girl my mom and I we always talked
當我曾是個女孩的時候我和我媽媽我們經常聊天
And I picked flowers everywhere that I walked
我走到哪裡就摘花摘到哪裡
And I could always cry now even when Im alone I seldom do
我曾經經常哭泣，哪怕是獨自一人，而現在就很少了
And I have lost some kindness
我失去了一些善良
But I was a girl too
可我也是個女孩
And you were just like me and I was just like you
你就像我而我就像你