There is a middle-aged woman she's dragging her feet. 有一个中年妇女，她是拖着她的脚。

She carries baskets of clothes to a laundromat. 她携带的衣服到洗衣店篮子。

While the Mexican children kick rocks into the street 而墨西哥儿童踢石头往街上

And they laugh in a language I don't understand. 他们嘲笑的语言，我不明白。

But I love them. 不过，我爱他们。

Why do I love them? 为什么我爱他们？

So the neighborhood is dimming as I smoke on the porch 所以当我抽烟门廊附近的调光

And watch the people as they pass enclosed inside their cars. 和看热闹的人，因为他们通过封闭自己的汽车里。

On their faces just anger or disappointment. 在他们的脸上只是愤怒和失望。

I start wishing there was something I could offer them. 我开始希望有什么我可以为他们提供。

A consolation, what could I offer them? 一种安慰，有什么我能为他们提供？

And they are sad in their suburbs robots water the lawn 他们是可悲的在郊区的机器人浇灌草坪

And everything they touch gets dusted spotless. 和他们接触的一切都被撒一尘不染。

And so they start to believe they've not touched anything at all. 于是他们开始相信他们已经不碰任何东西。

And the cars in the driveway only multiply. 并在车道上的车辆只能乘。

They are lost in their houses. 他们失去了他们的房子。

I have heard them sing in the shower 我听见他们在唱淋浴

Making speeches to their sister on the telephone. 做演讲，他们在电话中的妹妹。

Saying, you come home. 他说，你回家。

Woman, you come here. 女人，你来这里。

Don't stay so far away from me. 不要停留远离我。

This weather has me wanting love more tangible. 这样的天气有我想要的爱情更明确。

Something I can hold cause it's getting cold. 东西我能坚持的原因，而是越来越冷。

I say hold up our fists to the flame in the sky 我说撑起我们的拳头在空中的火焰

To block out the light that's reaching for our eyes 要阻止出的达到我们的眼睛的光

Cause it... cause it would blind us. Yeah it will blind us. 因为它...导致它会蒙蔽我们。是的它会蒙蔽我们。

Well, I've locked my actions in the grooves of routine. 嗯，我已经锁定我的行为在日常的凹槽。

So I may never be free of this apathy. 所以，我可能永远不会是免费的这种冷漠的。

But I wait for a letter that is coming to me. 但我等待那个即将给我的信。

She sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope. 她送我的海洋图片在一个信封。

So there still is hope. 因此，仍然有希望。

Yes, I can be healed. 是的，我是可以治愈的。

There is someone looking for what I've concealed 还有就是有人找我所掩盖

In my secret drawer, in my pockets deep, 在我抽屉里的秘密，在我的口袋深，

You will find the reasons that I can't sleep and you will still want me. 你会发现，我无法入睡的原因，你仍然想要我。

But will you still want me? Will you still want?... 但你还是要我？你还是会想要什么？ ...

Well, I say come for the week. 好吧，我说来的一周。

You can sleep in my bed. 您可以在我的床上睡觉。

And pass through my life like a dream through my head. 并通过我的生活就像我的脑海梦想。

It will... it will be easy. I'll make it easy. 它会......这将是容易的。我会很容易。

But all I have for the moment is a song to pass the time. 但我有一刻是一首歌来打发时间。

A melody to keep me from worrying. 旋律让我的担心。

Oh, some simple progression to keep my fingers busy. 呵呵，一些简单的进展，以保持我的手指忙。

And words that are sure to come back to me 和单词是一定要回来找我

And they'll be laughing, and they'll be laughing. 他们会笑，他们会笑。

My mediocrity. 我的平庸。

My mediocrity. 我的平庸。

(And they'll be laughing) （他们会笑）