David Foster lives in Gloucester with his family 大卫·福斯特住在告士打道与他的家人

Works 'til pay-time, through the day-time, then comes home for tea 工作，直到支付时间，通过一天时间，然后回家喝茶

Steak and kidney, then with Sydney to his club and feels free 牛排和肾脏，然后与悉尼到他的俱乐部和自由的感觉

They close the bar, he finds his car and then goes home to sleep 他们关闭了酒吧，他发现他的车，然后回家睡觉

And his wife has been with Rosie, in the parlour where it's cosy 和他的妻子已经与罗西，在客厅的地方是舒适

Watching telly, doing dishes, patching pants and making wishes 看着电视中，刷碗，打补丁的裤子，使愿望

And he'll say "Bill should have wired" 他会说：“条例草案已连接”

And "Not tonight dear, I'm too tired" 而“今晚不行，亲爱的，我累了。 ”

And life drifts slowly by in the provinces 生活在各省慢慢漂移

   

Peter Foster goes to Gloucester for his first school day 彼得·福斯特去告罗士打他的第一个上学日

Bites his teacher, sees a preacher and is taught to pray 咬他的老师，看到一个传道人教导祈祷

Sees some birds and learns some words it's very, very rude to say 看到一些鸟和学习一些单词这是非常，非常不客气的说

Yes, he's rather like his father was in his young day 是的，他有点像他的父亲在他年幼的一天

And his father has discussions, holding forth about the Russians 而他的父亲有讨论，滔滔不绝地对俄罗斯人

"Will the Red Chinese attack us?" “请问中国红攻击我们？ ”

"Do we need the Yanks to back us? “我们是否需要洋基作后盾？

"And in bed she feels his shoulder, but he grunts and just turns over “在床上，她觉得他的肩膀，但他鲈，只是翻过

And life drifts slowly by in the provinces 生活在各省慢慢漂移

   

Wedding rings come with strings but love depends on the little things 结婚戒指来处理字符串，但爱依赖的小东西

"Oh could that still be really you?" “哦，可能仍然是真的吗？”

"Is there anything time can't do? “还有什么时间不能做？

David Foster's been promoted, he's a decent sort 大卫·福斯特的被提拔，他是个多好的

Peter's gone to Dad's old Public School, it's good for sport 彼得走了爸爸的老公立学校，这是很好的运动

They've even got a private parking place down in Huntingdon Court 他们甚至在亨廷顿法院有一个私人停车位倒

Maybe soon he'll be a magistrate, the neighbours thought 也许不久后，他将是一个县长，邻居们

Yes, and then he'll teach the beatniks 是的，然后他会教beatniks

And the hang-around-the-streetnicks 和挂机二十四streetnicks

And the good-for-nothing loafers 而好换什么乐福鞋

Who knock girls up on their sofas 谁敲了女孩在他们的沙发

And his wife is quite nice, really 和他的妻子是相当不错的，真的

Though she seems a little dreamy 虽然她似乎有点梦幻

Recently... 近日...

   

I was born and brought up on the east side of town 我出生和长大的小镇东侧

And my earliest days they passed quickly 而我最早的时候，他们很快就过去了

I would play after school with the kids all around 放学后我会玩的孩子们周围

In the sun and the dust of the back streets 在太阳和穷街陋巷的灰尘

Oh, all through my girlhood the war had its day 呵呵，都是通过我的少女时代的战争都有其一天

And my daddy he would always be leaving 而我的爸爸，他会永远留下

So my brother and I we would sit by her side 所以，我的哥哥和我，我们会在她身边坐下

Telling our tales through the evening 整个晚上，告诉我们的故事

Oh, I grew with the days and the boys came to call 哦，我从小的天，男孩们打电话

In the back shed I learned about kissing 在后面流下我了解接吻

But I don't think my mother has noticed at all 但我不认为我的母亲也注意到，在所有

For we've heard that my daddy is missing 因为我们听说过，我的爸爸失踪

Then my school days they were over and I went off to work 然后，他们是我的学生时代结束了，我就去上班

And my mother grew quieter and greyer 而我的母亲从小更安静，更灰色

So one day I left her and went off to live 所以有一天我离开了她，去了住

With Billy, a saxophone player 与比利，萨克斯手

   

In our broken down attic we laughed and made love 在我们的细分阁楼，我们笑了，做了爱

And all that we had we were sharing 和所有我们有我们分享

Oh, we slept through the day and played into the night 哦，我们睡一整天，发挥到深夜

God, we did as we pleased without caring 上帝，我们做了，我们高兴不关心

Oh but a year's passed away and he's left me one day 哦，但一年去世，他离开了我一天

To play in a far away country 在一个遥远的国家玩

And the sun told my eyes "You've got no place to hide" 和太阳对我的眼睛“你得无处藏身”

As I waited to be having his baby 我等着被有他的宝贝

   

Oh I lived in the park and the men passed and stared 哦，我家住在公园里和人通过，凝视着

Each wondering which one had lost her 每一个想知道哪一个失去了她

And one came to ask could he buy me a meal 一来问他能请我吃饭

And he said he was called David Foster 他说他叫大卫·福斯特

We were married that month and I swore to myself 我们这个月结婚，我对自己发誓

Somehow I'd pay back what I owed him 不知怎的，我会偿还我欠他的

Cooking his supper and cleaning his boots 烹饪他的晚饭和清洁他的靴子

Yes, and kidding myself I could love him 是的，我自己开玩笑，我可以爱他

Oh, but now my baby is grown and he's gone out to school 呵呵，不过现在我的宝宝长大，他走了出去上学

And he looks very much like his daddy 他看起来非常像他的爸爸

And David has buried himself in his work 大卫已经把自己埋在他的工作

And the time on my hands, it hangs heavy 而时间在我手中，它挂起重

   

Oh, the neighbours they smile as we pass in the streets 哦，他们微笑的邻居，因为我们通过在街头

And they make their remarks on the weather 他们尽自己的言论天气

But the butcher and baker deliver things now 但是，屠夫和面包师提供的东西，现在

And I've stopped going out altogether 我已经停止外出共

   

Oh, I live by my mirror and stare in my eyes 哦，我住我的镜子，盯着我的眼睛

Trying to make out who I see there 试着想找出谁我看到有

But I'm looking at a woman that I can't recognize 不过，我看我可以不承认女人

And I don't think she knows me either 而且我不认为她知道我不是

There are lines on her face and her hair is a mess 还有她脸上的线条和她的头发乱糟糟

And the light in her eyes it grows colder 在她眼中的光它的增长更冷

In the morning there's nothing will change, ah but yes 在早上没有什么会改变，但是啊是的

I will be just a little bit older 我将只是一点点旧的