I always go the other way 我总是走另一条路

But my car drove me down today 不过，我的车今天把我下来

To a little house on the older side of town 要在城市的老年人一侧的小房子

Back when things were never hard 回来时，事情从来没有硬

I used to play there in that yard 我曾经在这院子里有玩

And I just drove by to see if things had changed 而我只是开车经过看到，如果事情发生了变化

   

Cokes were just a nickel then 焦炭只是镍则

And across the street at the Five and Ten 而在街对面的五年和十年

A lot of things were cheap and square and strange 很多东西都是便宜又方又陌生

And the life we had might have been 我们不得不生活可能是

But it was one we loved believing in 不过，可那是我们爱的信仰

And I just drove by to see if things had changed 而我只是开车经过看到，如果事情发生了变化

   

I wondered now 我现在想知道

If love is still the way it was back then 如果爱尚的方式，它是当年

I need to know 我想知道

That life is still a place worth living in 生活依然是一个值得居住的地方

There it is, just like it was 就在那儿，就像是

A house where there was always love 那里总是爱一个家

I just drove by to see if things had changed 我只是开车经过看到，如果事情发生了变化

   

In a world that's seen its better days 在这个世界的看到了它的更好的日子

It's good to know some things remain 这是很好的知道一些事情留

The same, though standing still is not time's way 同样的，虽然停滞不前不是时间的方法

Take to heart while in its spring 采取心脏，而在它的春天

That love is just a fragile thing 爱情只是一个脆弱的东西

I just drove by to see if things had changed 我只是开车经过看到，如果事情发生了变化