There was a pretty girl 有一个漂亮的女孩

From some small suburb of Dallas 从一些小的郊区达拉斯

And she came up to New York with a dream 她来到了纽约，同一个梦想

   

In the confusion and the noise 在混乱和噪音

All of her beauty and her poise 所有她的美貌和她的风度

Turned grey like snow beside the city street 就像城市街道旁的雪变成了灰色

   

She met a boy named Steven 她认识了一个叫史蒂芬的男孩

They made love in his apartment 他们在他的公寓做爱

In a second story walk up out in Queens 在第二个故事走到了皇后

   

And the things she hoped to find 里面的东西，她希望找到

Beneath him on that August night 在他身下的那一夜八月

Was the farthest thing from her 她是最远的东西

As she dressed to leave 当她穿好衣服离开

   

So she hides her eyes 于是，她掩藏她的眼睛

Says a slow goodbye 说慢再见

Swears by the morning light, she'll be fine 指着天亮，她会没事的

   

At a wedding in Connecticut 在康涅狄格州结婚

The mother of the bride 新娘的母亲

Daydreams about her husband who just passed 对于老公的白日梦谁刚过

   

As she stands to give her toast 当她站在给她敬酒

She says "the only thing I know 她说， “我唯一知道的

Is when you find a love that's worth it 是当你找到一个爱是值得的

Make it last" 让它过去“

   

So she chokes back the tears 于是，她回呛的眼泪

And speaks of all her daughters years 而谈到她的女儿多年

Thirty Christmas' of memories that she keeps 三圣诞节的回忆“ ，她不断

   

And the speech was sad and sweet 并讲话很伤心和甜

She kisses guests as they all leave 她亲吻客人，他们都离开

Then heads off to her hotel room to weep 然后走了她的酒店房间哭泣

   

So she bides her time 于是，她bides她的时间

And says a slow goodbye 并说慢再见

Swears by the morning light, she'll be fine 指着天亮，她会没事的

   

Yeah she hides her eyes 是啊，她掩藏她的眼睛

Though it's hard some nights 虽然很难有夜

She'll take her own sweet time, and she'll be fine 她会拿自己的甜蜜时光，她会没事的

   

A welder who spent twenty years 谁花了20年焊工

Working in an auto plant 在一家汽车厂

Gets laid off on a Thursday afternoon 获取上周四下午下岗

   

And he grips the fourty-five 和他交手的四十了五

That's rests in the glove box when he drives 这是掌握在手套箱时，他驾驶

Then puts the gun away and wonders what to do 然后把枪路程，想知道怎么做

   

So he parks in his driveway 于是，他在他的车道公园

And head against the steering wheel 和头靠在方向盘

And tries to think of what to tell his wife 并试图想起了什么，告诉他的妻子

   

And in the kitchen, he explains 而在厨房里，他解释说

And swears they'll be okay 并发誓他们会好起来的

She says, "you're the only thing I need in this life" 她说， “你是我需要这辈子唯一”

   

So he bides his time 于是，他bides他的时间

And says a slow goodbye 并说慢再见

Swears by the morning light, he'll be fine 指着天亮，他会没事的

   

Yes, he hides his eyes 是的，他隐藏了他的眼睛

Though it's hard some nights 虽然很难有夜

He'll take his own sweet time, and he'll be fine 他会拿自己的甜蜜时光，他会没事的