When I was eight I had a friend 当我八岁我有一个朋友

With a pirate smile 随着海盗的微笑

Make believe and play pretend 请相信并假装打

We were innocent and wild 我们是无辜的，野

Hopped a fence and slammed the gate 跳上栅栏，并关上了门

Running down my alleyway 顺着我的小巷

In time to watch Sally's pigeons fly 在时间看Sally的鸽子飞

   

We loved to watch them dive and soar 我们喜欢看他们跳水和飙升

Circle in the sky 圈中的天空

Free as a bird from three to four 免费从三到四个鸟

And never knowing why 从不知道为什么

Neighbors pulled their wash back in 邻居拉着他们洗回

Put away my Barbie and Ken 收起我的芭比娃娃和肯

Look out overhead 看的出来的开销

While Sally's pigeons fly 虽然莎莉的鸽子飞

   

I had a fool's confidence 我有一个傻瓜的信心

That the world had no boundaries 这个世界没有界限

But instincts and common sense 但是直觉和常识

Come in different quantities 有不同数量

   

My heart began to 我的心脏开始

Skip to the beat 跳到拍

Of the boy next door 邻家男孩的

She had her eye across the street 她有她的眼睛在街对面

On someone shy and tall 在有人害羞，身材高大

We lived our dreams 我们住我们的梦想

And challenged fate 和命运的挑战

In tears she told me she was late 以泪洗面，她告诉我，她来晚了

And Sally let his pigeons out to fly... 和Sally让他的鸽子出去飞...

   

On the dresser sits a frame 在梳妆台上坐着一个框架

With a photograph 有一张照片

Two little girls in ponytails 在两个马尾辫的小女孩

Some twenty one years back 有些21年回

She left one night with just a nod 她离开一晚只需点头

Was lost from some back alley job 一些后巷工作丢了

I close my eyes and Sally's pigeons fly 我闭上双眼， Sally的鸽子飞

She never saw those birds again 她再也没有见过那些鸟

And me, I can't remember when 而我，我不记得

A pirate smile hasn't made me cry 海盗的微笑还没有让我哭

I close my eyes 我闭上我的眼睛

And Sally's pigeons fly... 与莎莉的鸽子飞...