There's a fly in the window 还有一个在窗口飞

A dog in the yard 在院子里的狗

And a year since I saw you 和一年前我见到你

There's a trunk in the corner 有一个在角落里干

I keep all my letters 我把我所有的信

My bills and demands I keep too 我的账单和要求我继续过

   

Well I can't help thinking 好吧，我不禁想起

About the times 关于时代

You were a wife of mine 你是我的妻子

You aimed to please me 你的目的是请我

Cooked black-eyed peas-me 煮熟的黑眼豌豆，我

Made elderberry wine 制作接骨木酒

   

Drunk all the time 喝醉了所有的时间

Feeling fine on elderberry wine 手感细腻的接骨木酒

Those were the days 那些日子

We'd lay in the haze 我们会打好的阴霾

Forget depressive times 忘了抑郁次

How can I ever get it together 我怎样才能永远得到它在一起

Without a wife in line 如果不符合一个妻子

To pick the crop and get me hot 挑作物，让我热

On elderberry wine 在接骨木酒

   

Round a tree in the summer 圆形夏天一棵树

A fire in the fall 火在秋季

Flat out when they couldn't stand 平出时，他们无法忍受

The bottle went round 瓶子转了一圈

Like a woman down south 就像一个女人南下

Passed on from hand to hand 通过从手手