I opened a bank account 我开了一个银行账户

when I was nine years old 当我九岁

I closed it when I was eighteen 我关闭它，当我十八岁

I gave them every penny that I'd saved 我给他们说我救了每一分钱

and they gave my blood 他们给了我的血

and my urine 我的尿

a number 数

now I'm sitting in this waiting room 现在我坐在这个候车室

playing with the toys 在玩玩具

and I am here to exercise 我在这里锻炼

my freedom of choice 我选择的自由

I passed their handheld signs 我通过自己的手持招牌

went through their picket lines 经历了他们的纠察线

they gathered when they saw me coming 他们聚集的时候，他们看见我来了

they shouted when they saw me cross 他们喊道，当他们看到我跨越

I said why don't you go home 我说你为什么不回家

just leave me alone 只留下我一个人

I'm just another woman lost 我只是一个女人失去了

you are like fish in the water 你像鱼在水中

who don't know that they are wet 谁不知道他们是湿的

as far as I can tell 据我可以告诉

the world isn't perfect yet 世界上没有十全十美

his bored eyes were obscene 他百无聊赖的眼睛猥亵

on his denim thighs a magazine 在他的牛仔大腿杂志

I wish he'd never come here with me 我希望他永远都在我身边

in fact I wish he'd never come near me 其实我希望他永远靠近我

I wish his shoulder 我想他的肩膀

wasn't touching mine 没有触及地雷

I am growing older 年纪渐长

waiting in this line 等候在此行

some of lifes best lessons 一些静物的最好的教训

are learned at the worst times 在最坏的时代被学习

under the fierce flourescent 在激烈的荧光灯

she offered her hand for me to hold 她提供了她的手为我举行

she offered stability and calm 她提供的稳定和平静

and I was crushing her palm 我被粉碎了她的手掌

through the pinch pull wincing 通过捏拉畏缩

my smile unconvincing 我的笑容没有说服力

on that sterile battlefield that sees 上战场不育能看见

only casualties 仅伤亡

never heros 永远的英雄

my heart hit absolute zero 我的心脏打绝对零度

Lucille, your voice still sounds in me 露西尔，你的声音还在我的声音

mine was a relatively easy tragedy 我的是一个相对容易的悲剧

now the profile of our country 我们国家现在的个人资料

looks a little less hard nosed 看起来有点不太硬鼻子

but that picket line persisted 但警戒线仍然存在

and that clinic's since been closed 和诊所的，因为被关闭

they keep pounding their fists on reality 他们不断地冲击他们的现实的拳头

hoping it will break 希望这将打破

but I don't think there's a one of us 但我不认为有一个自己人

leads a life free of mistakes 过着自由的生活的错误