Unsealed, on a porch a letter sat
走廊地上有一封未封口的“黄色”信封（通知他朋友他的兄弟在战争中牺牲了）
Then you said, 'I wanna leave it again'
然后你说“我想再把它留在那儿”
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
曾经我在一片风化的沙滩见到她（应指战死人的妻子）
And on the sand I wanna leave it again, yeah...
在沙滩上我又一次想把信留下
On a weekend, I wanna wish it all away, yeah...
在一个周末，我想把这一切都结束
And they called and I said that I want what I said...
他们打来电话叫嚷着，而我说“我想要我所要求的”
And then I call out again...
然后我又喊了一次
And the reason, oughta' leave her calm, I know
原因是我知道不应该打扰她 让她平静下（解释朋友兄弟战死了 希望能让那些人有友好些)
I said, 'I know what I wear, not a boxer or the bag'
我说，我知道我穿的是什么，根本不像个拳击手或者沙袋..(他和朋友出门走走，结果那些人把他们当神经病...)
Ah yeah...can you see them?
你能看见他们吗
Out on the porch, yeah, but they don't wave
在门廊前，他们没有挥手并不欢迎我们， （他的朋友停了下来，对着插在房子上的国旗恭敬的行了一个军礼，房子的主人站在门口,对他们投来鄙视的目光)
I see them, round the front way, yeah...
我看见他们, 围在前边的路边
And I know and I know I don't want to stay
我知道我不想呆在这里
Make me cry...
这里让我想哭
I see, ooh...I don't know why there's something else
我知道, 噢...我不知道前面那里还有什么...
I wanna drum it all away
我想把一切都赶走
Oh, I said, I don't,
噢,我不知道
I don't know a-where there's a boxer or the bag'
我不知道那里是否会有个盒子或者塑胶袋 （指朋友的兄弟是装在骨灰盒里还是塑胶袋里)
Ah yeah...can you see them?
啊耶..你看到他们了吗？
Out on the porch, yeah, but they don't wave
站在门廊那,他们没有挥手并不欢迎我们，
I see them, round the front way, yeah...
我看见他们, 围在前边的路边
And I know, and I know, I don't wanna stay alone...
我知道我不想自己一个人独自痛苦
I don't wanna stay...yeah...
我不想待在这儿
I don't wanna stay...
我不想待在这儿
I don't wanna stay...
我不想待在这儿
I don't, don't wanna, oh...yeah...ooh...ohh..
我不想，我不想...噢...耶...哦噢...