A Song To Pass The Time

一个中年妇女步履瞒珊
There is a middle-aged woman dragging her feet
提着篮子来到洗衣店
She carries baskets of clothes to a laundromat
一旁的墨西哥男孩在街上踢着石子
While the Mexican children kick rocks into the street
他们用着我听不懂的言语谈笑
And they laugh in a language I don't understand
但我深爱着他们
But I love them
为何吾爱至深
Why do I love them
因为当我在门廊吸烟之时，我的邻居们正暗自神伤
So the neighborhood is dimming as I smoke on the porch
看这人们围堵着他们的车
And watch the people as they pass enclosed inside their cars
只有愤怒和失望写在脸上
And on their faces just anger or disappointment
我希望我可以给他们一些给予
I start wishing there was something I could offer them
安慰如何
A consolation what could I offer them
当他们伤心地在郊区用着机器人浇灌土地
When they are sad in their suburbs robots water the lawn
所触之地皆是一尘不染
And everything they touch gets dusted spotless
所以他们开始感觉大家各自为营
So they start to believe that they haven't touched anything at all
当汽车在道路上飞驰
While the cars in the driveway only multiply
他们在房子里迷失自己
They are lost in their houses
我听见他们在浴室高歌
I have heard them sing in the shower
在电话里和姐妹长篇大论滔滔不竭
And making speeches to their sister on the telephone
说 回家吧 回家把
Saying You come home
亲爱的回家吧
Darling you come here
不要把我拒你之外
Don't stay so far away from me
这糟糕的天气让我更渴望你的爱
This weather has me wanting love more tangible
我竭力挽留，因为天气愈冷
Something I can hold because it's getting cold
让我们向夜空的焰火举起拳头
So lets hold up our fists to the flame in the sky
来遮住我们眼前的光明
To block out the light that is reaching for our eyes
因为我们会被蒙蔽 它将会把我们蒙蔽
Because it would blind us It will blind us
我已经困于生活琐事
Now I have locked my actions in the grooves of routine
所以我可能难以摆脱冷漠
So I may never be free of this apathy
但我还是遥望着远方的信笺
But I wait for a letter that is coming to me
她寄来一张铺着海洋的明信片
She sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope
我一直在等候
So there still is hope
我确定它会带我走出困顿
Yes I can be healed
有人在我记忆深处寻找我所遮掩之处
There is someone looking for what I concealed in my secret drawer
在我口袋深处
In my pockets deep
你将发现我辗转难眠的原因是你仍然需要我
You will find the reasons that I can't sleep and you will still want me
但你会让我一直伴你左右吗
But will you still want me
在我到来的这一周
Well I say come for the week
我们可以共眠
You can sleep in my bed
你如梦一般穿过了我的生活
And then pass through my life like a dream through my head
这些是易如反掌的，我可以处理好它
It will be easy I will make it easy
但现在我只是以此歌来消磨时光
But all I have for the moment is a song to pass the time
我不会担心旋律是否灵悦
A melody to keep me from worrying
所需的只是一些连续的音符
Oh some simple progression to keep my fingers busy
那些话语也终会欢笑着会回到我的身边
And some words that are sure to come back to me and they will be laughing
我的庸庸碌碌，我的如此一生
My mediocrity My mediocrity