I started out to write you this letter, 我开始给你写这封信，

But it ended up another song. 但它结束了另一首歌曲。

I am sorry that the news can’t be better, dear John. 很抱歉，这个消息不能更好，亲爱的约翰。

When we started out I thought we were different, 当我们开始的时候我还以为我们是不同的，

We ended up exactly the same. 我们结束了完全一样的。

So in order to protect the innocent, 因此，为了保护无辜的人，

The names have been changed. 该名称已被更改。

I just got to get back to my music, to my music. 我得回去给我的音乐，我的音乐。

And I know that we both promised forever, 我知道，我们都承诺永远，

Forever didn’t last that long. 永远也不会持续这么久。

Maybe someday I will write you a letter, 也许有一天我会写你的信，

Until then at least I wrote you this song, dear John. 在此之前，至少我写的，你这首歌，亲爱的约翰。

I just got to get back my music, and all the things that go along with the job. 我刚刚找回我的音乐，和所有的事情，一起去工作。

   

And lying in bed with the room spinning round, 而躺在床上的房间转来转去，

It’s the price that you pay when you’re on the way down, 这是当你在路上下来，你付出的代价，

It’s the price that you pay. 那就是你付出的代价。

Sincerely yours... 您忠诚的...