Thought I might get a rocket ride Thought I might get a rocket ride Pensé que podría conseguir un paseo espacial When I was a child but it was a lie When I was a child but it was a lie Cuando yo era un niño, sino que era una mentira That I told myself when I needed something good That I told myself when I needed something good Eso me decía cuando yo necesitaba algo bueno At seventeen, had a better dream. At seventeen, had a better dream. A los diecisiete años, tuvo un sueño mejor. Now I'm thirty-three and it isn't me Now I'm thirty-three and it isn't me Ahora tengo treinta y tres años y no soy yo But I'd think of something better if I could But I'd think of something better if I could Pero me gustaría pensar en algo mejor si pudiera All my friends and lovers leave me behind All my friends and lovers leave me behind Todos mis amigos y amantes de dejarme atrás I'm still looking for a girl I'm still looking for a girl Todavía estoy buscando a una chica One way or another One way or another De un modo u otro I'm just hoping to find a way I'm just hoping to find a way Estoy con la esperanza de encontrar una manera de To put my feet out in the world To put my feet out in the world Para poner los pies en el mundo Caught some grief from a falling leaf Caught some grief from a falling leaf Atrapados alguna pena a partir de una hoja que cae As she tumbled down to the dirty ground As she tumbled down to the dirty ground A medida que caía hasta el suelo sucio Said I should have put her back there if I could Said I should have put her back there if I could Me dijo que debía haberla puesto allí si pudiera But everyone needs a better day But everyone needs a better day Pero todo el mundo necesita un día mejor And I'm trying to find me a better way And I'm trying to find me a better way Y yo estoy tratando de encontrar mi mejor forma To get from the things I do to the things I should To get from the things I do to the things I should Para ir de las cosas que hago a las cosas que debería All my friends and lovers leave me alone All my friends and lovers leave me alone Todos mis amigos y amantes de la déjame en paz To try to have a little fun To try to have a little fun Para tratar de tener un poco de diversión One way or another I just wish I had known One way or another I just wish I had known De una forma u otra Ojalá lo hubiera sabido To go out walking in the sun To go out walking in the sun Para ir a caminar bajo el sol And find out if you were the one And find out if you were the one Y averiguar si usted era el Does it make you wanna come a little closer now? Does it make you wanna come a little closer now? ¿Te haces querer llegar un poco más cerca ahora? And did you wanna dance with me? And did you wanna dance with me? ¿Y quieres bailar conmigo? Did you wanna hum a little harder now? Did you wanna hum a little harder now? ¿Te zumbido quiero un poco más difícil ahora? Can you see her waiting there? Can you see her waiting there? ¿Puede usted ver a su espera allí? Can you see her? Because I'm almost there Can you see her? Because I'm almost there ¿No puedes verla? Debido a que casi estoy allí Can you see her waiting there for someone like me? Can you see her waiting there for someone like me? ¿Puede usted ver a su espera allí para alguien como yo? All you want is a beauty queen All you want is a beauty queen Todo lo que quieres es una reina de belleza Not a superstar but everybody's dream machine Not a superstar but everybody's dream machine No es una superestrella, sino a todo el mundo de la máquina de ensueño All you want is a place to lay your head All you want is a place to lay your head Todo lo que quieres es un lugar donde reclinar tu cabeza You go to sleep dreaming how you would You go to sleep dreaming how you would Usted va a dormir soñando con lo que lo haría Be a different kind if you thought you could Be a different kind if you thought you could Sea un tipo diferente si pensaba que podía But you come awake the way you are instead But you come awake the way you are instead Pero ha de despertar la forma en que son más bien All my friends and lovers shine like the sun All my friends and lovers shine like the sun Todos mis amigos y amantes brillan como el sol I just turn and walk away I just turn and walk away Acabo de vuelta y alejarse One way or another One way or another De un modo u otro I'm not coming undone I'm not coming undone No voy a deshacer I'm just waiting for the day I'm just waiting for the day Sólo estoy esperando el día