It's three miles to the river 这是三英里的河流

That would carry me away, 这将带我走，

And two miles to the dusty street 两英里的尘土飞扬的街道

That I saw you on today. 我看到你在今天。

   

It's four miles to my lonely room 这是4英里我寂寞的房间

Where I will hide my face, 在那里我会隐藏我的脸，

And about half a mile to the downtown bar 大约半英里到市中心的酒吧

That I ran from in disgrace. 我跑的耻辱。

   

Lord, how long have I got to keep on running, 主啊，多久我得继续运行，

Seven hours, seven days or seven years? 七个小时，七天，七年？

All I know is, since you've been gone 我所知道的是，既然你已经走了

I feel like I'm drowning in a river, 我觉得像我淹死在河里，

Drowning in a river of tears. 淹没在泪水的河流。

Drowning in a river. 淹死在河里。

Feel like I'm drowning, 觉得我溺水，

Drowning in a river. 淹死在河里。

   

In three more days, I'll leave this town 在三天中，我将离开这个小镇

And disappear without a trace. 消失的无影无踪。

A year from now, maybe settle down 一年之后，也许安顿下来

Where no one knows my face. 如果没有人知道我的脸。

   

I wish that I could hold you 我希望我能拥抱你

One more time to ease the pain, 一个更多的时间来缓解疼痛，

But my time's run out and I got to go, 但是我的时间的跑了，我得走了，

Got to run away again. 有跑掉了。

   

Still I catch myself thinking, 还是我发现自己的思维，

One day I'll find my way back here. 有一天我会找到我的方式回到这里。

You'll save me from drowning, 你会救我脱离溺水，

Drowning in a river, 淹死在河里，

Drowning in a river of tears. 淹没在泪水的河流。

Drowning in a river. 淹死在河里。

Feels like I'm drowning, 感觉就像我淹没，

Drowning in the river. 淹死在河中。

Lord, how long must this go on? 主啊，这要下去？

   

Drowning in a river, 淹死在河里，

Drowning in a river of tears. 淹没在泪水的河流。