Bullets

He’s been collecting since the age of nine
自他九岁那年开始
Every shiny bullet that he could find
他就收集他能找到的每颗闪亮的子弹
Built himself a house with the wooden floors
他给自己建了栋木质地板的房子
Put the shiny bullets in a chest of drawers
把那些闪亮的子弹放进衣柜里
Well his wife’s long gone and the kids have grown
他的妻子早已逝去，孩子们也长大成人
And trees they fall down on their own
而树木也纷纷地倒下
Memories fade like an old slideshow
记忆像泛黄的老幻灯片一般日渐褪色
But the bullets still shine like coins in the snow
但那些子弹仍像雪中的钱币一般闪闪发亮
Well one day took himself into town
一天他动身去到镇上
The men with a truck well they came around
有人开着卡车过来了
They took the television and the gun from the war
他们搬走了电视，还有那上过战场的枪
And almost every bullet from the chest of drawers
还几乎带走了衣柜里的所有子弹
Well he came back home and found the house in a mess
他回到家，发现家里一片狼藉
Run into the bedroom and the old brown chest
快步走进卧室，打开那褐色的旧柜子
Well he didn’t care much for the VCR
他不怎么惦记着那录像机
But he cried for the space where the bullets were
却为那消失不见的子弹哭泣不已
Oh well the men drove the truck down into town
小偷开着卡车进到镇子里
And sold all the silver they had found
把他们找到的银具都卖掉
But they couldn’t sell the bullets cause they weren’t live rounds
但是他们卖不出那子弹，因为那些只是弹壳
So they dug a big hole put the bullets in the ground
于是他们挖了个大洞，把子弹埋进地里
Now he doesn’t leave the house much anymore
现在他不再时常出门
Cause the men are gonna come like they did before
因为小偷们还会像旧时那样光顾
And he’ll hold onto the three or four
他会紧紧攥住那三四颗
Bullets that they left in the chest of drawers
小偷们留在那衣柜里的子弹
Oh yeah the bullets that they left in the chest of drawers
没错，小偷们留在那衣柜里的子弹