Stop all this talk, turn off the telephone 停止所有的这次谈话，关掉电话

Open up another bottle, send those people home 打开另一瓶，送这些人回家

Let it get real quiet, turn that lamp way down low 让它真正的宁静，把那灯一路下滑低

I'm gonna float down this river of tears 我要浮动顺流眼泪

   

I remember how we spoke on the days he was dry 我记得我们是如何发言的日子里，他是干的

Even now that he's gone he can make a woman cry 即使是现在，他走了，他可以让女人流泪

But he saw through me deaf dumb and blind 但是他通过我聋子哑巴和盲人看见

He knew his way down this river of tears 他知道他的方式沿着这条河的眼泪

   

"Dashed hopes and best intentions" people say “希望的破灭和最好的愿望”的人说

He could sit and drink the way a monk could pray 他可以坐下来喝酒的方式和尚能祈福

So grab that silver flask, pour yourself another glass and 因此，抓住了银瓶，自己倒又玻璃

Watch me rage down this river of tears 看我愤怒沿着这条河的眼泪

   

Turn out the stars now, darken every one 转出的星星，现在，变暗的每一个

Watch the clouds cover that big yellow moon 看云盖那么大的黄色月亮

Close the blinds, mute the sun 关闭百叶窗，静音太阳

There's nowhere left to run 还有的无处可逃

   

Picked up that old decanter that he used to drink from 拿起旧滗水器，他用从饮用

Turned on his stereo just to hear it hum 打开他的音响，只听它的嗡嗡声

Daddy I'm gonna wrap myself in blankets and listen to you sing 爸爸我要自己裹在毯子，听你唱歌

And I'm gonna float down this river of tears 而且我会浮动顺流眼泪