Mama lies on the couch in her old wedding gown 妈妈躺在沙发上的她的老嫁衣

She turned pale long before the carnival had left town 她的脸色变得苍白长的狂欢已经离开小镇前

She stares at the front porch on the outlook for dad 她盯着对爸爸的前景前廊

"Don't worry, I'll be back in a week" is the last thing he said “别担心，我会回来的一周”是过去的事情，他说：

We all knew he gambled in the city and lost 我们都知道他在城里赌，失去

Money we didn't have must've been the line that he crossed 钱，我们没有一定发生了，他冲过终点线

It's been over a year instead of a week 它已经超过一年，而不是一个星期

Here in our house, our house by the creek 在这里，在我们的房子，我们的房子的小溪

   

Me and my family live in the Netherlands 我和我的家人住在荷兰

In the house daddy built with his bare hands 在爸爸的房子建用他的赤手

My younger brother Jimmy is playing outside 我的弟弟吉米在外面玩

With his cap gun he tries to shoot planes from the sky 随着他的帽枪，他试图从天空射飞机

In his chair by the window sits uncle Fred 在他的椅子上坐窗口叔叔弗雷德

Since he's back from the war there ain't a word he has said 因为他是从战场回来没有一个字，他​​说：

And Freckles my sister she passed away sir 和雀斑我的妹妹，她过世的先生

Sometimes in my dreams I catch up with dad and with her 有时，在我的梦里，我赶上爸爸和她

What we end up with is not what we seek 我们最终得到的是不是我们所追求

Here in our house, our house by the creek 在这里，在我们的房子，我们的房子的小溪

   

My name is Louis, it's Louis, all right 我的名字是路易斯，这是路易斯，没事的

I play dad's old accordion all day and all night 我玩爸爸的旧手风琴整天整夜

I just turned eleven, so I'm still a kid 我刚转身11 ，所以我还是个孩子

But when I grow up I wanna find out what daddy did 但是，当我长大了，我想找出爸爸做

Mister believe me, I was taught not to cry 先生相信我，我被教导不要哭

And that family should stay together 'till the day that you die 和家人应该住在一起 ，直到你死的那天

Yeah mister believe me, I was taught boys don't cry 是的老总相信我，我是教孩子们不要哭

And that the town where you're born is the town where you'll die 那你在哪里出生的小镇就是小镇，你会死

That the town where you're born is where you'll probably die 那你在哪里出生的小镇，你可能会死

   

What did God wanna show when He created man weak 什么，神想要显示的时候，他创造了男子弱

We don't understand in our house by the creek 我们不明白，在我们家的小溪