I was just fifteen, at my cousins - we were playing 我当时才十五岁，我的表兄弟 - 我们被打

When we found Uncle Buzz dead in the basement 当我们发现巴斯叔叔死在地下室

Dad shut the door and no one said that word - that word 爸爸关上了门，没人说一句话 - 这个词

We found a note that he wrote on the mantle 我们发现一张纸条，上面写了他的衣钵

And I felt like shit 'cause I wanted his piano 我觉得像狗屎，因为我想他的钢琴

But I got his records and his arch-top Kay guitar 但我得到了他的纪录，他的弓顶凯吉他

   

Goodbye Uncle Buzz I know I should've cried 叔叔再见巴兹我知道我应该哭了

But I couldn't just because 但我不能只是因为

Goodbye Uncle Buzz everything's covered 叔叔再见巴兹一切都覆盖

But nothing's what is was 但没有什么是什么是有人

Nothing's what it was - nothing's what it was 什么是它是什么 - 什么是它是什么

   

The paper said he died from hypertension 文中称，他患有高血压死亡

And the word, 'suicide' - was never mentioned 这个词， “自杀” - 从来没有提到

Mom said it was his heart 妈妈说，这是他的心脏

I guess it was in a way - in a way 我想这是一种方式 - 在某种程度上

I played his records on our Sears turntable ì我们西尔斯转盘打出了自己的纪录

Heard Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, and Mavis Staples 听到比利假日，山姆·库克和范晓萱斯台普斯

And I tried his old guitar 我试过他的旧吉他

But it wasn't what the Beatles played anyway 但是，这是不是甲壳虫反正打

   

Goodbye Uncle Buzz I know I should've cried 叔叔再见巴兹我知道我应该哭了

But I couldn't just because 但我不能只是因为

Goodbye Uncle Buzz everything's covered 叔叔再见巴兹一切都覆盖

But nothing's what is was 但没有什么是什么是有人

Nothing's what it was - nothing's what it was 什么是它是什么 - 什么是它是什么

   

It was ten years later met my cousins at the station 这是十几年后遇到了我的表兄弟在车站

But nobody said a word about the basement 但没有人说，关于地下室字

Though everybody there had a drop of Uncle Buzz in our blood 虽然每个人都必须有在我们的血液一滴巴斯大叔

And now and then I find I think about my uncle 而现在，然后我发现我想到我叔叔

And our mothers and our fathers and our secrets in the basement 而我们的母亲和我们的父亲和我们在地下室的秘密

And the children in the dark, the children in the dark 和在黑暗中的孩子，在黑暗中的孩子

The children in the dark, the children in the dark 在黑暗中的孩子们，在黑暗中的孩子们

   

Goodbye Uncle Buzz I know I should've cried 叔叔再见巴兹我知道我应该哭了

But I couldn't just because 但我不能只是因为

Goodbye Uncle Buzz everything's covered 叔叔再见巴兹一切都覆盖

But nothing's what is was 但没有什么是什么是有人

Nothing's what it was - nothing's what it was 什么是它是什么 - 什么是它是什么