Automatic

Quarter in a payphone
投幣電話一毛錢
Drying laundry on the line
晾衣繩上萬國旗
Watching Sun Tea in the window
坐看窗外日蒸茶
Pocket Watch tellin' me
袋中懷錶報時間
Seems like only yesterday, I'd get a blank cassette
我有過一盒空磁帶似乎還是昨天
Record the country countdown, ' cause I couldn't buy it yet
要把村榜錄下來因為我買不起錄音帶

If we drove all the way to Dallas just to buy an Easter dress
若我們開車到達拉斯去買一件復活節長裙

We'd take along a Rand McNally, stand in line to pay for gas
我們會帶上地圖排隊付給汽油錢

God knows that shifting gears ain't what it used to be
上天知道以前的車不像今天這樣換擋
I learned to drive that 55 just like a queen, three on a tree
在限速55的時代我學會了開車三檔大卡開得像女王遊行

Hey whatever happened to, waitin' your turn
嘿那排隊等待親力親為的習慣是怎麼了
Doing it all by hand, cause when everything is handed to you
因為當你坐享一切的時候

It's all only worth as much as the time you put in
一切眨眼就好樂趣亦已不再
In all just seems so good the way we had it
過去的生活方式是如此美好
Back before everything became, automatic
在一切都變得全自動之前
If you had something to say
若你有什麼要說
You'd write it on a piece of paper
你會寫在紙上
Then you put a stamp on it
然後貼上郵票
And they'd get it three days later
三天后他們就會收到
Boys would call the girls
男生會打電話給女生
And girls would turn them now
女生會發好人卡
Staying married was on the way to work your problems out
婚姻忠貞少麻煩

Hey whatever happened to, waitin' your turn
嘿那排隊等待親力親為的習慣是怎麼了
Doing it all by hand, cause when everything is handed to you
因為當你坐享一切的時候

It's all only worth as much as the time you put in
一切眨眼就好樂趣亦已不再
In all just seems so good the way we had it
過去的生活方式是如此美好
Back before everything became, automatic
在一切都變得全自動之前
Automatic
全自動
Let's pull the windows down
讓我們放下車窗吧
Windows with the cranks
那車窗有把手搖下來
Come on let's take a picture
來我們照張照片
The kind you gotta shake
那照片還要甩乾
Hey whatever happened to, waitin' your turn
嘿那排隊等待親力親為的習慣是怎麼了
Doing it all by hand, cause when everything is handed to you
因為當你坐享一切的時候

It's all only worth as much as the time you put in
一切眨眼就好樂趣亦已不再
In all just seems so good the way we had it
過去的生活方式是如此美好
Back before everything became, automatic
在一切都變得全自動之前
Automatic
全自動