The money would be pretty good 这笔钱将是相当不错的

if a quart of milk were still a dollar 如果一夸脱牛奶仍是一个美元

or even if a quart of milk were still a quart 或者即使一夸脱牛奶仍是一个夸脱

And the hours, well, I don't mind 和时间，好了，我不介意

how they creep on by like an old love of mine 他们是如何悄悄由像一个老的爱人。

it's the years that simply disappear that are doing me in 就这么简单地消失了正在做我的年

   

Guess I married too young, 猜猜我结婚太年轻，

yeah, nineteen was just too young, 是啊， 19只是太年轻，

but sometimes you meet someone 但有时你遇到一个人

and your guts just burn 和你的勇气只是烧

It's not that I don't love him anymore 这并不是说我不爱他了

it's just that when I hear him 只是，当我听到他

coming through that front door 通过前门到来

my heart doesn't race like it did once before 我的心脏并不像比赛前做了一次

   

But I've got a horse out in the country 但我有一匹马在该国

I get to see him every second Sunday 我能看到他每第二个星期日

He comes when I call him, 他来的时候我给他打电话，

yeah, he knows his name 是的，他知道他的名字

One day I'll saddle up 有一天，我会鞍

and the two of us will ride away 而我们两个人将车程

   

This weather I could almost stand 这样的天气我几乎可以忍受

if the sun would shine a little brighter 如果太阳将照耀亮一点

or even if the sun would shine at all 或者即使太阳将照耀在所有

But lately it just seems to me 但最近它只是在我看来，

that this life has lost its mystery 这生命已经失去了它的神秘面纱

and these cold fall mornings seem to bite 而这些冷的秋天的早晨似乎咬

just a little bit harder 只是一点点困难

   

And all my friends have settled down 和我所有的朋友都安定下来

become their mothers and their fathers 成为他们的母亲和父亲

without a sound 如果没有健全的

Except for Cathy, 除了凯蒂，

she bought a one-way subway ticket 她买了单程地铁票

and left us all behind 而离开了我们一切的背后

   

But I've got a horse out in the country 但我有一匹马在该国

I get to see him every second Sunday 我能看到他每第二个星期日

He comes when I call him, 他来的时候我给他打电话，

yeah, he knows his name 是的，他知道他的名字

One day I'll saddle up 有一天，我会鞍

and the two of us will ride away 而我们两个人将车程

   

This town wouldn't be so bad 这个镇也不会如此糟糕

if a girl could trust her instincts 如果一个女孩能相信她的直觉

or even if a girl could trust a boy 甚至如果一个女孩可以信任一个男孩