Green eyed boy on a farm town street 上畈镇街道绿眼睛的男孩

Got a ride to the coast, south by southeast 有一搭海岸，南依东南

'Don't worry about me no more' “不要担心我没有更多的

Met a girl in Spain, so the postcards said 遇到一个女孩在西班牙，所以说明信片

There's a little white house, a king size bed 有一个白色的小房子，一张特大号床

   

But he walked away like every time before 但他走了像以前那样每次都

And the loneliness was sneaking up behind him 和寂寞偷偷在他身后

He's gone and run somewhere he knows'll never find him 他走了，跑的地方，他knowsll永远也找不到他

On African plains like he always said he would 在非洲大草原就像他总是说他会

In foreign words he understood 在国外的话，他理解

   

He signed his name 'You don't know what you're missing' 他签上了自己的名字：“你不知道你错过了什么”

But on the dusty road with hands cracked dry 但在尘土飞扬的道路，手裂干

In the tall grass where the dogs are crying 在高高的草丛中狗在那里哭

I sometimes wonder if he listens to the loneliness 我有时在想，如果他听寂寞

And all he heard the preacher say 和所有他听到牧师说

Was 'Live your life before it slips away' 是“你的生命就滑倒之前离开”

   

So the postcards come to this old town 所以，明信片来到这个老城区

And there's less to read and more to imagine now 并有较少的阅读和更多想象

But kids he grew up with and folks he loves 但是，他的孩子从小一起长大的乡亲和他爱

We hold him, close enough I hope 我们认为他足够接近，我希望

And I hope there's someone with him 我希望有一个人与他

   

And that the wind out where he's walking blows behind him 那风从他的走路的打击在他身后

He's gone and run somewhere he knows'll never find him 他走了，跑的地方，他knowsll永远也找不到他

And the wind blows in, the door gets shut 和风吹的，门被关

A thousand times, if I've told them once. they don't remember 一千次，如果我告诉他们一次。他们不记得

But he smiles at me, he says hello 但他微笑着看着我，他说你好

   

There are people turned everywhere we go 还有人翻我们走到那里

So how can I remember when it comes and it goes 所以，我怎么能记得，当谈到和它去

The wind blows in this empty room 风吹在这空荡荡的房间

It comes too late and then it goes too soon 它来得太迟，然后它去得太早

(In the winter time, when it's snowing) （在冬天的时候，当它下雪）

(The snow is all around us, falling all around us) （雪就在我们身边，下降在我们身边）

(Like ashes from the sky) （就像从天空灰）