You know it wasn't so long ago 你知道这是不是很久以前

When things weren't as we know 当事情并不像我们所知道

Back when I was younger and had a hunger 回到年轻的时候，有一个饥饿

For all the things I didn't know 对于所有的事情我不知道

   

And I remember the day when 我记得有一天，

I went out to play 我出去玩

And I bird flew down to my hand 我和小鸟飞到我的手

Didn't want to leave and 不想离开，

When I asked to keep 当我问到保持

I remember my dad said 我记得我爸说

   

Yeah son let it go away 没错儿让它消失

Hope that it comes back 希望它回来

Here to you some day 在这里，你有一天

Just let it go away 就让它消失

And if it comes back 如果它回来

you know it's here to stay 你知道它在这里停留

   

Since then I've gone through changes 从那时起，我已经通过了变化

Since then I've gone through life 从那时起，我已经经历了人生

Since then I found me a beautiful woman 从那时起，我发现了我一个美丽的女人

I thought could be my wife 我想可能是我的妻子

She said she really loves me 她说她爱我。

But she said she couldn't stay 但她说，她不能留

She said I've got to go my love 她说，我得走了我的爱

To find things my own way 找东西我自己的方式

   

So I let her go away 于是我让她走

Hope that she comes back 希望她回来

Here to me some day 在这里，我有一天

I let her go away 我让她走

And if she comes back 如果她回来

I know she's here to stay 我知道她在这里停留

   

There's not always reasons for the things in life 有没有经常理由的事情在生活中

But it's comforting to know within your mind 但欣慰的知道在你心里

If you love something enough 如果你喜欢的东西不够

And you've done all that you can 而你所做的一切，你可以

If there's one thing I have known and learned first hand 如果有一件事我知道，知道第一手

Sometimes you have to just let it go away 有时你必须让它消失

   

Hope that it comes back 希望它回来

Here to you some day 在这里，你有一天

Just let it go away 就让它消失

And if it comes back 如果它回来

You know it's here to stay 你知道它在这里停留

   

Let it go away 让它消失

And if it comes back 如果它回来

You know it's here to stay 你知道它在这里停留

Let it go 放手吧