An outcry, 一片哗然，

To lost dreams and sense of wonder 失去的梦想和惊奇感

To the streets that raised him. Say, 为此他提出了街道。说，

“Goodbye” to the hope for the home he’d been holding. “再见”，以希望为家，他一直持有。

Say, “Goodbye” and “Be gone” and “Be great.” 说， “再见”和“消失”和“是巨大的。 ”

To the friends who left when they still could, 为了谁离开的时候，他们仍然可以在朋友，

For the ones who chose to stay to waste away unplaced, 对于谁选择了留下来，​​浪费了未放置的那些，

Alone, and pray 独自一人，并祈祷

To get out, 脱身，

To grow old, 白头到老，

To grow strong and 发展壮大和

Leave this city, so familiar all it’s places, 离开这个城市，所以熟悉的一切的地方，

All these memories turn each day more to gray, 所有这些记忆把每一天多为灰色，

More they space out till it’s once a year we’ll catch up, maybe less, or 越多，他们的空间了一年，我们会赶上，直到它的一次，也许更少，或

Else just daydreams while he’s working late 否则只是白日梦，而他的工作到很晚

Thinks only of those friends and when they left. 认为只有那些朋友，当他们离开。

“Are we still friends at all, my friends?” “我们还是朋友可言，我的朋友？ ”

   

Can I leave? 我可以离开吗？

   

Rewind and find a younger man, 倒带，找到一个年轻的男人，

All hopes and goals and dreams alight and 所有的希望，目标和梦想，并下车

Bright with friendship at the crossroads in the night. 明亮，在夜间十字路口的友谊。

“Now make a choice,” the city said. “现在做出选择， ”城市说。

We were barely twenty then, but 我们几乎没有20后，但

While I swore it my allegiance 虽然我发誓是我效忠

They chose leaving, all my friends. And 他们选择离开的时候，我所有的朋友。和

Now it’s letters, maybe phone calls, that 现在是字母，也许打电话，说

Come less and less each year. 来吧，每年越来越少。

All addressed with wives and children 所有带妻子和孩子讨论

To the fool who chose to stay here. 为了谁选择了留在这里的傻瓜。

And it hurts me to know I’m alone now, 它伤害了我知道我一个人了，

And it’s worse when I know that I chose it. 而且更糟糕的是，当我知道我选择了它。

Don’t make the same mistake as me, 不要犯同样的错误，因为我，

Don’t make the same mistake. 不要犯同样的错误。

   

And now my friends have all left. Or it’s been me gone all along. I guess we all part one day and drop like leaves into The breeze. And ain’t it wild? Ain’t it bitter? (Didn’t it carry you from me?) But it’s the coping with my fear that keeps me Here. See, once it’s gone you can’t retrieve it (Do I regret you? Can I forget you?) I still believe I might get left here. I Might turn 63 still sweeping up the gutters in the street or weeding concrete. Wait and see. We’ll wait and see. Or, rather, I will. Only me. 现在，我的朋友们都离开了。或者，它已经走了我一直以来。我想我们的一部分一天，滴状叶进风。而且是不是野？是不是太苦了？ （没从我背你？ ），但它与我的恐惧让我在这里应付。你看，一旦它不见了，你无法恢复（我是否后悔吗？我能忘记你？ ）我仍然相信我可能会离开这里。也许我把63还是打扫的街道排水沟或除草混凝土。拭目以待。我们将拭目以待。或者说，我会的。只有我。

   

Only me. 只有我。

   

“Don’t make the same mistake as me. Say ‘Goodbye’ and ‘Be gone’ and ‘Be great’ and be done and be free.” “不要犯同样的错误，因为我。说再见和消失和是巨大的“ ，并完成与自由” 。