We couldn't leave the woods 'til the bottle was done, 我们不能离开，直到瓶子做的树林，

Then we'd all go fishing in the dusk bitten sun. 然后我们就在黄昏太阳被咬都去钓鱼。

Not old enough to drive, but we knew if we could, 没有足够的老驾驶，但我们知道，如果我们可以，

We'd have all the women in our neighborhood. 我们想用所有的女人在我们的邻国。

   

But we never thought that one of us would go away, 但是，我们从来没有想过我们会走了，

No, we never dreamed that we might cry on teenage graves. 不，我们从来没有想过我们会哭泣的少女的坟墓。

The fairytale ends with the loss of our favorite friend. 我们最喜欢的朋友失去了童话般的结尾。

   

Well, the funeral was nice, or that's what you're supposed to say, 好了，葬礼是好的，还是这就是你应该说，

We all sat together staring out into grey. 我们都坐在一起凝视着成灰色。

It was hard to believe that out of five faithful friends, 这是很难相信，出五忠实的朋友，

Four were left broken while one rode the wind. 四人被留下破碎而一个骑着风。

   

And the nights out on the town fell few and far between, 而晚上出城下跌并不多见，

Cause all we talked about was how great things used to be, 因为所有我们谈论的东西是多么伟大曾经是，

Our innocence ends with the loss of our favorite friend. 我们最喜欢的朋友失去了纯真结束。

   

It seems like the best of us always fall to early grace, 这似乎是我们最好的都倒下了早期的恩典，

And the road will keep rolling on, but angels are hard to replace, 和道路将继续滚动，但天使是难以替代的，

I guess it was crazy luck, to have someone like that to lose, 我想这是疯狂的运气，能有这样的人吃亏，

But he couldn't stay long, God must have missed him, too. 但他不能留长，上帝一定是想念他了。

   

Now Charlie is in college, and I hit the road, 现在，查理是在大学，我上路了，

And Al is building churches in New Mexico, 和Al正在建设的教堂在新墨西哥州，

Steve is running from the law, but that's nothing new, 史蒂夫从法律运行，但是这不是什么新鲜事，

We all say we'll meet back home but we never do. 大家都这么说，我们会遇到回家，但我们永远不会做。

   

And the woods burned down long ago, the old neighborhood is gone, 和树林被烧毁不久前，老邻居走了，

And I can't get drunk no more, cause I hate drinking alone. 我不能喝醉没有了，因为我讨厌独酌。

But I know in the end we'll get back to our favorite friends. 但我知道最终我们会尽快给我们最喜欢的朋友。

Cause life is much better when it is shared with our favorite friends. 因为生活是当它与我们最喜欢的朋友分享好得多。