In the shelter 在庇护所

In the morning as the sun was brightly beaming 在早晨的阳光灿烂喜气洋洋

I heard her cryin' out what is it all about 我听到她在哭泣，什么是一回事

I just don't know 我只是不知道

But I can't go back home 但我不能回家

   

Lonely princess 孤独的公主

All the days out on your own are growing empty 所有的日子在你自己正在成长空

Nothing is goin' well if you could only tell them 没有什么是布莱恩好，如果你只能告诉他们

How you feel 如何你觉得

But they're too real to understand 但他们太真实了解

   

Too many trite expressions ended in forced rejections 在强制拒绝结束了太多平庸的表现

long ago 不久前

Too many innocent faces too many far out places 太多无辜的面孔太多远的地方

something's wrong 什么是错的

Let me tell you that something's wrong 让我来告诉你，什么是错的

It's been that way so long 它已经这样这么久

It's a shame 这是一个耻辱

   

On the street car 在大街上的车

To the city where she knows that she might lose it all 到了城市，她知道，她可能会失去一切

Riding for just a dime taking her own sweet time 骑刚一毛钱走自己的甜蜜时光

and knowing well 而明知

This could be her final fall 这可能是她最后的秋天

   

Past the boutique 过去的专卖店

down the alley to the river people pass her by 在胡同下到河边的人通过她，

Sits on the big gray rocks takes off her boots and socks 坐在大灰岩石脱下她的靴子和袜子

And knowing what she will do next 并知道她下一步会做什么

Just starts to cry 刚开始哭

   

Too many small suggestions ending in angry questions 在愤怒的问题，截至太多的小建议

from her dad 从她的爸爸

Too many TV dinners and everyone loves a winner 太多的电视餐，每个人都喜欢胜利者

But she was lost 但她失去了

No one knows the trials she had 没有人知道她的审判

   

In the shelter 在庇护所

In the morning as the sun was brightly beaming 在早晨的阳光灿烂喜气洋洋

I heard her cryin' out what is it all about 我听到她在哭泣，什么是一回事

I just don't know 我只是不知道

But I can't go back home 但我不能回家

   

Lord I just don't know but I can't go back home 主啊，我只是不知道，但我不能回家