It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears 这是沙漠冰之外，但这个餐馆已经解冻我的耳朵

Hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears 热咖啡在一个干净的白色杯子和微笑的时候听到女服务员

That I was born in North Carolina 我出生在北卡罗莱纳州

Not an hour from her home town 没有从她的家乡一小时

And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball 我们经常玩同一个比萨店弹球

   

And there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is 还有的在时间一目了然暂停，因为我不知道是怎么回事

We've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives 我们已经席卷了刚才的情况到了土狼的生活

Where my days are strips of highway 在那里我的日子公路片

And she's wiping tables down 而她擦桌子下

Holding on and still waiting for that windfall 持有并仍在等待这笔意外之财

   

But I've come home 但我回家

Even though I've never had so far to go 虽然我从来没有过这么长的路要走

I've come home 我回家

   

I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill 我付了检查，并留下从皱巴巴的十元钞票的变化

Head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still 横跨在那里空缺燃烧霓虹灯还在街上头

Well the night eats up my body heat 以及晚上吃了我的全身发热

And there's no sign of another 还有的另一个迹象

And I find myself slipping down into that black 而且我发现自己滑落到黑

   

But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith 但是，东西也不错，我得到了很多我的信仰的追随者

I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days 我有一个全体会众住在我的头上，这些天

And I'm preaching from the pulpit 而且我从讲台上宣讲

To cries of "Amen brother" 以“阿门兄弟”的呼喊

Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back 闭上眼去感受温暖回来

   

And I've come home 而且我回家

Even though I swear I've never been so alone 虽然我发誓我从来没有如此孤独

I've come home 我回家

   

I just want to be living as I'm dying 我只是想住，因为我快死了

Just like everybody here 就像每个人都在这里

Just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile 只是想知道我的点点闪烁的时间是值得的

And I don't know where I'm driving to 我不知道我开车来

But I know I'm getting old 但我知道我老了

And there's a blessing in every moment every mile 还有的在每一刻每英里的祝福

   

Thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups 肥皂薄白毛巾杆和一对夫妇的小塑料杯

Old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying "Go on open up" 老基甸圣经在床头的抽屉说： “继续开拓”

Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here 嗯，我会跪在地毯上，这

Though I never was sure of God 虽然我从来没有肯定神

Think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt 想今晚我会给他的疑点利益

   

I switch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed 我转关了灯，想象在床上概述了女服务员

Her hair falling all around me 她的头发全部脱落在我身边

I smile and shake my head 我笑着摇摇头

Well we all write our own endings 好了，我们都写自己的结局

And we all have our own scars 我们都有我们自己的伤疤

But tonight I think I see what it's all about 但今晚我想我看到它的全部

   

Because I've come home 因为我回家

I've come home 我回家