Sweet Abilena looks out at the midwestern sky 甜Abilena看出来，在中西部的天空

Sweet seventeen with a faraway look in her eyes 甜17 ，在她的眼里遥远的样子

She said, "I feel like a bird in a cage 她说：“我觉得自己像关在笼子里的小鸟

But come September I'm flying away" 但到了9月，我正在飞走“

I said, "I'm gonna miss you" then I made her promise to write 我说，“我会想念你”，然后我做了她的承诺写

   

Since we were tall as the corn in the spring 因为我们是高大的玉米在春天

We shared every secret, shared every dream 我们每一个共享的秘密，分享每一个梦想

So anxious to grow in the new summer rain 等急了在新的夏雨成长

And bloom like a rose on the calico plains 并般绽放的玫瑰印花布平原

   

How could she hear as we laughed on that warm summer night 她怎么能听到，我们就笑了那个温暖的夏夜

The tiny heart of the baby she carried inside 她里面携带的婴儿的小心脏

I stood beside her when September came 我站在她旁边，当九月来了

Watched her get married and caught the bouquet 看着她结婚，并抓住了花束

And like those hand me down dresses she gave me 而像那些把我下来的衣服，她给了我

I made her dreams mine 我做了她的梦想矿

   

From a seat by the window on wings made of steel 从席位由机翼上的窗口钢制成

I stared at the patchwork over the fields 我盯着错落有致过场

Where young tears that once fell like warm summer rain 凡年轻的眼泪，一旦摔倒了温暖的夏天的雨

Were turning to snow on the calico plains 正变成雪的印花布平原

   

Sweet Abilena looks out at the midwestern sky 甜Abilena看出来，在中西部的天空

Closer to thirty but farther away in her eyes 接近30 ，但远在她眼里

She holds her babies like she holds her dreams 她认为她的孩子一样，她认为她的梦想

Each night she kisses and rocks them to sleep while 每天晚上，她亲吻和岩石他们睡觉时

She reads the letters she makes me promise to write 她读她让我答应写的信

   

Sweet Abliena looks out at the midwestern sky 甜Abliena看出来，在中西部的天空