This shirt is old and faded 这件衬衫是旧的，褪色

All the color's washed away 所有颜色的水冲走

I've had it now for more damn years 我受够了，现在更多的该死年

Than I can count anyway 比我反正算

I wear it beneath my jacket 我穿的是我的外套之下

With the collar turned up high 随着领调到很高

So old I should replace it 这么老，我应该更换

But I'm not about to try 但我不会去尝试

   

This shirt's got silver buttons 这件衬衫的有银色按钮

And a place upon the sleeve 并在袖子的地方

Where I used to set my heart up 我曾经把我的心脏了

Right there anyone could see 在那里任何人都可以看到

This shirt is the one I wore to every boring high school dance 这件衬衫是我穿的每一个枯燥的高中毕业舞会

Where the boys ignored the girls 当男孩被忽略的女孩

And we all pretended to like the band 我们都假装喜欢的乐队

   

This shirt was a pillow for my head 这件衬衫是枕我的头

On a train through Italy 通过意大利火车

This shirt was a blanket beneath the love 这件衬衫是爱下一条毯子

We made in Argeles 我们在阿尔日莱做

This shirt was lost for three whole days 这件衬衫是失去了整整三天

In a town near Buffalo 在布法罗附近的一个小镇

'Till I found the locker key 直到我发现更衣室钥匙

In a downtown Trailways bus depot 在市中心的一个t铁路车厂

   

This shirt was the one I lent you 这件衬衫是一个我借给你

And when you gave it back 而当你把它背

There was a rip inside the sleeve 有套筒内的裂口

Where you rolled your cigarettes 在这里你滚你的香烟

It was the place I put my heart 这是我把我的心脏的地方

Now look at where you put a tear 现在看看，你把泪

I forgave your thoughtlessness 我原谅你的轻率

But not the boy who put it there 但不是男孩谁把它放在那里

   

This shirt was the place your cat 这件衬衫是这个地方你的猫

Decided to give birth to five 决定生下五

And we stayed up all night watching 我们熬夜看

And we wept when the last one died 我们哭了，当最后一人死亡

This shirt is just an old faded piece of cotton 这件衬衫仅仅是一个陈旧的褪色的棉片

Shining like the memories 像闪耀的记忆

Inside those silver buttons 里面的银色按钮

   

This shirt is a grand old relic 这件衬衫是盛大的老遗物

With a grand old history 与盛大的悠久历史

I wear it now for Sunday chores 我穿它现在是星期天的琐事

Cleaning house and raking leaves 打扫房子，耙叶

I wear it beneath my jacket 我穿的是我的外套之下

With the collar turned up high 随着领调到很高

So old I should replace it 这么老，我应该更换

But I'm not about to try 但我不会去尝试