Oh the neon lights were flashin' 哦霓虹灯被flashin “

And the icy wind did blow 和冰冷的风在吹

The water seeped into his shoes 水渗到他的鞋子

And the drizzle turned to snow 和小雨变成雪

His eyes were red, his hopes were dead 他的眼睛红红的，他的希望已经死了

And the wine was runnin' low 和酒是天边低

And the old man came home 和老男人回家

From the forest 从森林

His tears fell on the sidewalk 他的眼泪落在人行道

As he stumbled in the street 当他在街上偶然发现

A dozen faces stopped to stare 十几面停下来凝视

But no one stopped to speak 但没有人停下来说话

For his castle was a hallway 对于他的城堡是一个走廊

And the bottle was his friend 和瓶子是他的朋友

And the old man stumbled in 和老男人迷迷糊糊的

From the forest 从森林

   

Up a dark and dingy staircase 一个黑暗和肮脏的楼梯

The old man made his way 老男人做他的方式

His ragged coat around him 他身边的破烂外套

As upon his cot he lay 由于在他的婴儿床他躺在

And he wondered how it happened 他不知道是怎么发生的

That he ended up this way 他弄成这样

Getting lost like a fool 迷路像个傻瓜

In the forest 在森林里

   

And as he lay there sleeping 当他躺在那里睡觉

A vision did appear 愿景没有出现

Upon his mantle shining 他外袍的光辉

A face of one so dear A面之一，所以亲爱的

Who had loved him in the springtime 谁曾爱过他在春天

Of a long-forgotten year 一个长期被遗忘的一年

When the wildflowers did bloom 当野花盛开的那样

In the forest 在森林里

   

She touched his grizzled fingers 她摸着他的头发花白的手指

And she called him by his name 她叫他的名字

And then he heard the joyful sound 然后他听到欢快的声音

Of children at their games 在他们的游戏中的孩子

In an old house on a hillside 在一个老房子在山坡上

In some forgotten town 在一些被遗忘的小镇

Where the river runs down 凡河耗尽

From the forest 从森林

   

With a mighty roar the big jets soar 有了一个强大的轰鸣声的大飞机翱翔

Above the canyon streets 上面的街道峡谷

And the con men con but life goes on 而骗子精读，但生活还要继续

For the city never sleeps 为城市不夜城

And to an old forgotten soldier 并以一个老被遗忘的士兵

The dawn will come no more 黎明会不会更

For the old man has come home 对于老头回来了

From the forest 从森林