Time, measured in dotted yellow lines has passed you by 时间，在虚线黄线测量已通过您

and I never said an honest thing to you in all my life 我从来没有说过一个诚实的事，你在我的一生

Hard times go slowly and the good times never come 困难的时候慢慢的好时光再也回不来

The world is a motor inn in the Iowa highway slum 世界是一个汽车旅馆，在爱荷华州的高速公路贫民窟

when the open road is closing in 在开放的道路即将来临

and you can't say where it ends and you begin 你不能说在哪里结束，你开始

when every truckstop dive's another five years off your life 当每一个的卡车潜水是再过五年了你的生活

when the open road is closing in 在开放的道路即将来临

and the dotted yellow lines begin to spin 而虚线黄线开始旋

when the sky begins to fall on everything you like at all 当天空开始下降的一切你喜欢的一切

you won't be coming home again 你不会再回家

Ciao, you keep on drowning in the roads between the towns Ciao的，你继续淹没在城镇之间的道路

now I have been closing all the shutters in the house 现在我已经关闭所有的百叶窗的房子

well, I know you'll be back when every tree is turning brown 好了，我知道你会回来的，当每一个树变成褐色

you'll find the house is empty and the swingset's fallen down 你会发现房子是空的，而的SwingSet的倒下