Poison oak, some boyhood bravery 毒橡树，一些勇敢的少年时代

When a telephone was a tin can on a string 当一个电话是一个铁罐上的绳子

And I fell asleep with you still talking to me 我睡着了，你还是跟我说话

You said you weren't afraid to die 你说你不怕死

   

In polaroids you were dressed in women's clothes 在拍立得你是穿着女人的衣服

Were you made ashamed, why'd you lock them in a drawer? 是你做惭愧，为什么你把它们锁在抽屉里？

I don't think that I ever loved you more 我不认为我曾经爱过你更多

   

Then when you turned away 然后，当你转身离开

When you slammed the door 当你关上了门

When you stole the car 当你偷汽车

And drove towards Mexico 开车往墨西哥

And you wrote bad checks 而且你写空头支票

Just to fill your arm 只需填写你的手臂

I was young enough, I still believed in war 我很年轻，我仍然相信战争

   

Well, let the poets cry themselves to sleep 好了，让诗人哭自己睡觉

And all their tearful words will turn back into steam 和所有的含泪的话会回头变成蒸汽

   

But me I'm a single cell 但是我，我一个单细胞

On a serpents tongue 在蛇的舌头

There's a muddy field where a garden was 有一个泥泞的领域，其中的花园是

And I'm glad you got away 我很高兴你逃走了

But I'm still stuck out here 但我仍然坚持在这里

My clothes are soaking wet 我的衣服都湿透

From your brother's tears 从你哥哥的眼泪

   

And I never thought this life was possible 而且我从来没有想过这样的生活是可能的

You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for 你是黄色的小鸟，我一直在等待

   

The end of paralysis 瘫痪的结束

I was a statuette 我是一个小雕像

Now I'm drunk as hell on a piano bench 现在，我喝醉了的地狱在钢琴凳

And when I press the keys 当我按下按键

It all gets reversed 这一切都被颠倒

The sound of loneliness makes me happier 寂寞的声音让我更快乐