rush hour 上下班高峰

and the day's dawning 而当天的曙光

the rain came 雨来了

and pushed me under the awning 并把我推到雨篷下

the puddles grew and threw themselves at me 水坑增长和卧轨自杀我

with every passing car 每过车

I'm shielding my guitar 我屏蔽我的吉他

and there were some things that I 而有一些事情，我

did not tell him 没有告诉他

there were certain things 有一些事情

he did not need to know 他并不需要知道

and there were some days 而有一些日子

when I did not love him 当我不爱他

he didn't understand me 他不理解我

and I don't know why 我不知道为什么

I didn't go 我没有去

he said change the channel 他说，换个频道

I've got problems of my own 我有我自己的问题

I'm so sick of hearing about drugs 我听说药这么恶心

and aids 与艾滋病

and people without homes 人们失去家园

and I said, well, 我说，好，

I'd like to sympathize with that 我想同情的

but if you don't understand 但如果你不明白

then how can you act 那么你怎么能采取行动

I expected summer to be there in the morning 我预想的夏天在那里，早上

I woke to the alarm 我醒来的闹铃

but she was out of arms reach 但她出的胳膊伸

sneaking out 溜出

on silent thighs 在无声的大腿

that were spent and sore 在度过了和痛

from the hot nights that came before 从热夜之前就

he said I looked for you 他说，我找你

I don't know why 我不知道为什么

I said I was wearing black so you could 我说我穿着黑色的，所以你可以

see me against the sky 见我对着天空

take your big leather boots 把你的大皮靴

and your buckles and your chains 和你扣，你的链条

put them on a downtown train 把它们放在一个位于市中心的火车

I expected he would be there in the morning 我预料他会在那里，早上

I awoke to the alarm 我醒来的闹铃

he was still in arm's reach 他仍然是在伸手可及的地方

but his body was just a disguise 但他的身体只是一个伪装

his mind had wandered off long ago 他的脑子里徘徊了很久以前

I could tell by his eyes 我可以告诉他的眼睛

love isn't over when the sheets are stained 爱是不是当纸张被染色过

in my head there remains 在我的脑海仍然存在

so much left to be said 所以剩下多少可说的

make me laugh, make me cry, enrage me 让我笑，让我哭，激怒了我

but just don't try to disengage me 只是不要试图脱离我