Every night she sleeps alone 每天晚上，她一个人睡

And by her bed she puts the phone 通过她的床，她把电话

And every morning after that 在这之后，每天早上

She takes the phone and puts it back 她把电话放回去

   

He's got a wife back home and three kids up and grown 他有一个妻子回家，三个孩子和成长

But these are things that go unsaid 但这些事，去说出来

He might call her from the road just in time to say hello 他可能会叫她从马路的时候，正好打个招呼

And goodbye again 并再次告别

   

She keeps his picture tucked away 她把他的照片藏

She thinks she'll have it framed one day 她认为，她会立刻把它框1天

And maybe he'll come see it there 也许他会来看看它有

Hanging by her rocking chair 她的摇椅吊

   

In a corner of her room on a Sunday afternoon 在她的房间里的一个星期天下午，一个角落

When all the world is dull and gray 当所有的世界沉闷而灰色

She might close her eyes and sit, rocking gently for a bit 她也许她闭上眼睛，坐，轻轻摇晃了一下

Till all the bad thoughts go away 直到所有的坏念头消失

   

Back when children played their games 回来时，孩子们玩他们的游戏

London Bridge and Jesse James 伦敦桥和杰西·詹姆斯

She captured flags, she bounced the ball 她拍摄的标志，她反弹球

And every time, she beat them all 而每一次，她击败了他们所有的

   

And now she comes home to a cat in a three-room walk-up flat 现在她回家一只猫在一个三间大较昨日持平

And plays a game of solitaire 并玩起了纸牌

Well she made a fist last night, and she broke the hallway light 好吧，她做了一个拳头昨晚，她打破了走廊灯

And the pieces scattered everywhere 和四处散落的碎片

   

You see, he's got a wife back home and three kids up and grown 你看，他有一个妻子回家，三个孩子和成长

But these are things that go unsaid 但这些事，去说出来

He might call her from the road just in time to say hello 他可能会叫她从马路的时候，正好打个招呼

And goodbye again 并再次告别