I got a letter; it came in the mail today 我收到了一封信;它在邮件中走到今天

I saw by the stamp it was written an ocean away 我看到了它被写海洋远邮票

No need to open it, I know what it must say 无需打开它，我知道它必须说

I'll just go back to the dream I was having 我就回去的梦想我有

Before love went astray 在爱情误入歧途

   

I'll sit on my porch like William McKinley 我会坐在我的门廊像威廉·麦金莱

And I'll let the world come to me 我要让全世界来找我

And if it's too busy, I really don't mind and 如果它是太忙了，我真的不介意和

there's no place I want to be 有没有地方，我想

   

Now and again, I will open a window and 现在，再次，我会打开一个窗口，

Stare at the overcast sky 呆呆地看着阴云密布的天空

And put you away in a drawer in my mind 放你走在抽屉里在我的脑海

And I'll just bid all of my worries goodbye 而我就申办了我所有的疑虑再见

   

The country 'round here is deserted; there's no one at all 该国轮在这里很冷清;有没有人在所有

People come here in the summer and leave in the fall 人们来到这里在夏天和秋天离开

You followed after them, disappeared into the night 你跟着他们之后，消失在夜色中

Now all that's left is the footprint you made 现在，所有剩下的就是你的足迹制成

In the mud, frozen in white 在泥，冷冻白

   

I'll sit on my porch like William McKinley 我会坐在我的门廊像威廉·麦金莱

And I'll let the world come to me 我要让全世界来找我

And if it's too busy, I really don't mind and 如果它是太忙了，我真的不介意和

there's no place I'll want to be 有没有地方，我会希望

   

Now and again, I will open and window and 现在，再次，我会开窗口

Stare at the overcast sky 呆呆地看着阴云密布的天空

And put you away in a drawer in my mind 放你走在抽屉里在我的脑海

And I'll just bid all of my worries goodbye 而我就申办了我所有的疑虑再见

   

[repeat chorus] [重复合唱]