Jeanie marries when she's 21, 珍妮结婚时，她是21 ，

Has a baby one year on 有一个孩子一年，

And every year that's the way that life goes. 同时，每年就是这样生活下去的方式。

Lost herself in domesticity, 失去了自己的家庭生活，

A cleaning, feeding entity, 一种清洁，喂食的实体，

She can't recall what she was before. 她不记得她是什么之前。

   

In an ideal world kids would keep their rooms tidy, 在一个理想世界的孩子会保持自己的房间整洁，

In an ideal world he would be home from his work on time 在一个理想的世界，他将家从他的工作时间

And in the morning I could lay in. 到了早晨，我可以闪。

   

Johnny signs his share of autographs, 约翰尼签署他那份签名的，

For all the people he makes laugh 对于所有的人，他做的笑声

And he walks home to an empty flat. 他走回家的空瘪。

Does his best to fight the slience, 做他最好打slience ，

Of late night TV, Vicodins, 深夜电视， Vicodins ，

He can't forget what he had before. 他不能忘记他面前。

   

In an ideal world she would still think I'm funny, 在一个理想的世界，她仍然会觉得我很有趣，

In an ideal world she'd be waiting in bed for me, 在一个理想的世界，她会是在床上等着我，

And in the morning we could lay in... in an ideal world. 到了早晨，我们可以躺在...在一个理想的世界。

   

Molly's sitting in a waiting room, 莫莉的坐在候车室，

The top doctor will see her soon, 前医生将很快看到她，

In the body nature gave her. 在身体自然给了她。

Wonder if she'll ever wake up, 不知道她会永远醒过来，

Wonder if she's better off, 不知道她过得更好，

Why can't she be what she was before? 她为什么不能成为她是什么呢？

   

In an ideal world he would still think I'm pretty, 在一个理想的世界，他仍然觉得我漂亮，

In an ideal world he would only want to bed with me, 在一个理想的世界，他只会想和我上床，

And in the morning we could lay in. 到了早晨，我们可以闪。

   

In an ideal world you would make a decision, 在一个理想的世界里，你会做出决定，

In an ideal world you'd be making a home for me. 在一个理想的世界里，你会是建立一个家给我。

And in the morning we could lay in. 到了早晨，我们可以闪。

Sunday mornings we could lay in. 星期天早上，我们可以闪。