Wasted Time

"Sometimes to keep it together, we got to leave it alone"

Well baby, there you stand
寶貝，妳站在那裡
With your little head, down in your hand
把妳小小的頭埋在妳的手中
Oh, my god, you can't believe it's happening again
噢，我的天，妳不能相信這事又發生了
Your baby's gone, and you're all alone
妳的寶貝走了，妳孤獨一人
And it looks like the end.
看起來像是步入了終點

And you're back out on the street.
妳退回到街上
And you're tryin' to remember.
妳試著記起
How will you start it over?
妳將怎麼重新開始
You don't know what became.
妳不知道發生什麼事
You don't care much for a stranger's touch,
妳對於陌生人的碰觸不是在意太多
But you can't hold your man.
但妳不能掌握住妳的男人

You never thought you'd be alone
妳從未想過妳會孤獨一人
This far down the line
這樣徹徹底底的孤獨
And I know what's been on your mind
我知道妳在想什麼
You're afraid it's all been wasted time
妳害怕這一切都是白費時間

The autumn leaves have got you thinking
秋天離開了讓妳想起
About the first time that you fell
妳第一次的失落
You didn't love the boy too much, no, no
妳沒有愛那個男孩太多，不，不
You just loved the boy too well,
妳只是非常愛那個男孩

So you live from day to day
所以妳日復一日
And you dream about tomorrow
幻想著明天
And the hours go by like minutes
渡時如分
And the shadows come to stay
陰影逐漸聚集
So you take a little something
所以妳施了一點小技巧
To make them go away
讓它們散去

And I could have done so many things, baby
我可能已做了太多，寶貝
If I could only stop my mind
如果我能停止我的思緒
From wonderin' what I left behind
不去質疑我拋下了什麼
And from worrying 'bout this wasted time
以及擔心這是白費時間

Another love has come and gone
另一段愛情來了又走
And the years keep rushing on
歲月持續消逝
I remember what you told me
我記得妳對我說的話
Before you went out on your own
在妳一個人離開之前
"Sometimes to keep it together
“有時感情要能長久
We got to leave it alone"
我們必須先分開”

So you can get on with your search, baby
所以妳可以繼續妳的追尋，寶貝
And I can get on with mine
我可以繼續我的
And maybe someday we will find
也許有天我們會發現
That it wasn't really wasted time
那並不是真的白費時間