Train in the Distance

She was beautiful as southern skies the night he met her
他遇見她的那晚，她如南方的天空般美麗
She was married to someone
她已和某人結婚
He was doggedly determined that he would get her
他固執地決心得到她
He was old, he was young
他老了，他還年輕
From time to time he'd tip his heart
他不時地傾吐他的心意
But each time she withdrew
但每次她都在退縮
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
人人都愛遠方的火車聲
Everybody thinks it's true
人人都相信那是真的
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
人人都愛遠方的火車聲
Everybody thinks it's true
人人都相信那是真的

Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
噢，男孩和女孩終於結婚了
Sure enough they have a son
他們果然有了一個兒子
And though they both were occupied with the child she carried
然後，雖然他們都為她懷裡的孩子而忙碌
Disagreements had begun
爭論還是開始了
And in a while they just fell apart
一段時間之後，他們的關係就崩潰了
It wasn't hard to do
這麼做並不難
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
人人都愛遠方的火車聲
Everybody thinks it's true
人人都相信那是真的
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
人人都愛遠方的火車聲
Everybody thinks it's true
人人都相信那是真的
Two disappointed believers
兩個失望的信徒
Two people playing the game
兩個玩遊戲的人
Negotiations and love songs
談判和情歌
Are often mistaken for one and the same
經常被誤認為同一樣事物

Now the man and the woman they remain in contact
現在男人和女人還保持聯繫
Let us say it's for the child
不如說，是為了孩子
With disagreements about the meaning of a marriage contract
由於對婚約含義的爭論
Conversations hard and wild
激烈而野蠻的談話
But from time to time, he just makes her laugh
但他還是不時逗她大笑
She cooks a meal or two
她做了一兩頓飯
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
人人都愛遠方的火車聲
Everybody thinks it's true
人人都相信那是真的
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
人人都愛遠方的火車聲
Everybody thinks it's true
人人都相信那是真的
What is the point of this story?
這個故事的意義何在？
What information pertains?
它蘊含了什麼道理？
The thought that life could be better
對生活變得更好的期望
Is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains
深植於我們的心中和腦海裡

And the train in the distance
以及，遠方的火車
Train, train
火車，火車