Mrs. Carver says she's sorry 卡佛太太说，她的遗憾

She knows enough not to worry 她知道够不担心

But what does she know about crime? 但她不知道有关的犯罪？

Believes the town is sinking 认为城市正在下沉

The price of forward thinking 前瞻性的思维价格

You stay up all night half the time 你熬夜一半的时间

   

Racking your mind 伤透你的心

Alone in the night 独自一人在夜晚

While all your neighbors sleep tight 当所有的邻居睡个好觉

   

Years ago she lost her daughter 几年前，她失去了她的女儿

Off to a sacred order 开了一个神圣的秩序

Where they got stoned and worked the earth 他们从哪里得到投掷石块和工作的地球

Clears up her head with bourbon 清除了她的头与波旁

Cause beer is so suburban 因为啤酒是这样的郊区

And declasse for what it's worth 和declasse为它的价值

   

She drinks it down down down 她喝了下去down下来

For all the old old days 对于所有的旧时光

She's thinking of it now 她在想，现在

It's nice to get away 这是很好的脱身

But what a fine day for a parade 但什么是好天的巡游

   

She stays up mending curtains 她熬夜缝补窗帘

Until her fingers hurt, and 直到她的手指受伤了，

You can get so bored of it all 你可以得到这么无聊的一切

No one can say for certain 没有人可以肯定地说

She'll never safely know when 她永远也不会放心地知道什么时候

An asteroid will kill us all 小行星将杀死我们所有人

   

She drinks it down down down 她喝了下去down下来

For all the old old days 对于所有的旧时光

She's thinking of it now 她在想，现在

It's nice to get away 这是很好的脱身

But what a fine day for a parade 但什么是好天的巡游