不知道为什么，

I don't know what it is,

每当我喜欢一个女孩，

but I distrust myself

　　很喜欢，

when I start to like a girl

我就开始怀疑自己。

     a lot.

我会紧张。

It makes me nervous.

我会说错话，

I don't say the right things

或者开始

or perhaps I start

　斟酌，

     to examine,

　　　掂量，

          evaluate,

　　　　　计算

               compute

　　我说的每个字。

     what I am saying.

如果我说：“你觉得会下雨吗？”

If I say, "Do you think it's going to rain?"

她说：“我不知道。”

and she says, "I don't know,"

我就琢磨：她真的喜欢我吗？

I start thinking: Does she really like me?

换句话说，

In other words

我变得有点吓人。

I get a little creepy.

我的一位朋友说过，

A friend of mine once said,

“一些人

"It's twenty times better to be friends

做朋友比做恋人

     with someone

好二十倍！”

than it is to be in love with them."

我想他是对的，另外，

I think he's right and besides,

某处正在下雨，花朵仿佛程序接受了指令，

it's raining somewhere, programming flowers

蜗牛快乐无比。

and keeping snails happy.

　　一切井然有序。

     That's all taken care of.

　　　　　但是

               BUT

如果一个女孩很喜欢我

if a girl likes me a lot

然后她变得很不安

and starts getting real nervous

然后忽然问我一些滑稽的问题

and suddenly begins asking me funny questions

然后如果我答错了，她就不高兴

and looks sad if I give the wrong answers

然后她会问：

and she says things like,

“你觉得会下雨吗？”

"Do you think it's going to rain?"

然后我说：“这可难倒我了。”

and I say, "It beats me,"

然后她说，“哦”，

and she says, "Oh,"

然后有点不高兴地

and looks a little sad

看着加州干净的蓝天，

at the clear blue California sky

我想：感谢上帝，这次难过的是你，

I think: Thank God, it's you, baby, this time

　　而不是我。

     instead of me.