作曲 : Tom Keifer 作词 : Keifer There used to be a time 曾经有段时间 When I thought I had the answers 当我认为拥有答案 Answers to the questions 足以解决 That nobody knew 无人能解的问题 Used to be a time 过去一段曾经 When I had some time 当时我有的是大好岁月 But when I had the time 但当我有所空闲 I didn't know what to do 却无所适从 Wasted all those years 虚掷蹉跎许多岁月 Never gettin' any younger 青春就此一去不回 Times kept a changin' 时光依旧匆匆流转 But I still got the hunger 但我贫穷饥饿依旧 Only trouble is 唯一烦恼是 The walls are closing in 向往的那道墙即将关闭 Sometimes I want to 时常有个念头 Give it all away 远远抛开所有 * I just want to be free 我只不过向往自由 Free like the wind 自由如风 And if the wind fills my sails 风乘载了我自由之帆 Then I'm never coming back again 我将不再归来 Maybe I'll head down south 也许我会向南驶去 To New Orleans 驶向纽澳良 Wouldn't have no taxes 那里毋须烦恼税赋负担 Cause I wouldn't have no means 因我将两袖清风 Looking for a Genie 寻找传说中的精灵 That could fill my dreams 能够实现我的愿望 But dreams become reality 但愿望实现之际 And real ain't what it seems to be 总不如想像中美好 (*) Sick for the cure 向往一种疯狂的病态疗程 On this roller coaster ride 坐著云霄飞车 It can take you real low 能载你到低点 And it can get you real high 亦能载你到高处 Just passin' time 时间如此匆匆而逝 But time ain't on our side 但早已不足我用