The river that runs through my hometown 贯穿我的家乡河

used to freeze over in the winter. 用于结冰的冬天。

We'd go down to the waters edge 我们会下到水边

with a jug of red wine 与红葡萄酒壶

And the girl I loved most of my life, 和那个女孩我爱我大部分的生活，

she'd take my hand and with a smile 她牵着我的手，并面带微笑

we'd walk across the water to pass the time. 我们会走在水面上打发时间。

   

Her mother would pray with the porch light on so she could find her way. 她的母亲会用祷告的，让她能找到她的方式在门廊的灯。

She said "If you don't believe than how can you make it through, if 她说：“如果你不相信比你怎么能做到，如果

there's nothing but lies then how will my children learn to tell the truth. 没有什么，但随后就在于如何将我的孩子学会说真话。

If you don't believe darling what can you do, cause if nothing really 如果你不相信亲爱的你可以做什么，因为如果真的没什么

matters, then what's the use" 问题，那么有什么用“

   

About 5 days after I turned 16 she grabbed my face 后5天左右我转身16 ，她抓起我的脸

and swore to me this town will crush the life from all my dreams. 并发誓对我这个小镇将粉碎的生活，从我所有的梦想。

So she stole the keys to her daddy's car 于是，她偷了钥匙给她爸爸的车

and with fear in her eyes, she begged for my arms, 并与恐惧在她的眼里，她乞求我的怀里，

but no matter what she said, i wasn't ready to leave. 但无论她说什么，我还没有准备好离开。

   

And her father would wait, with the porch light on till she could find her way. 和她的父亲会等，对直到她能找到她的方式在门廊的灯。

And he'd said "If you don't believe than how can you make it through, if 他会说： “如果你不相信比你怎么能做到，如果

there's nothing but lies then how will your children learn to tell the 有一派谎言那么如何将你的孩子学会讲

truth. If you don't believe darling what can you do, cause if nothing 真理。如果你不相信亲爱的你可以做什么，因为如果没有

really matters, then what's the use" 真正重要的，那么有什么用“

   

And the place they say I got my eyes 而且这个地方，他们说我得到了我的眼睛

is from a broken man who never smiled in pictures. 来自一个破碎的人从来没有谁在笑的照片。

He wouldn't know me on the street 他不知道我在大街上

Now you can cross your heart a thousand times 现在，你可以用你的心脏一千倍

but most nights I'm left here wondering why I ever loved someone 但大多数晚上我离开这里知道为什么我曾经爱过的人

who's so afraid of me. 谁这么怕我。

   

I'd sit and I'd wait, for the porch light on till she comes back to me 我会坐下来，我会等待，在门廊的灯上，直到她回来给我

And I'd say, "If you don't believe than how can we make it through, if 然后我说， “如果你不相信比我们怎样才能做到，如果

there's nothing but lies then how will our children learn to tell the 没有什么，但随后就在于如何将我们的孩子学会讲

truth. If you don't believe darling what can we do, cause if nothing 真理。如果你不相信亲爱的我们能做些什么，因为如果没有

really matters, I said, if nothing really matters, oh love if nothing really 真正的问题，我说，如果没有什么重要的哦爱，如果没有什么

matters, then what's the use?" 问题，那么有什么用？ “