Please come to Boston for the springtime
請在春天到來時到波士頓吧
I'm stayin' here with some friends and they've got lots of room
我和許多朋友留在這裡，他們多得是房間
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
你可以在走廊上販賣畫作
By a café where I hope to be workin' soon
或在一家我希望快點營業的咖啡店旁
Please come to Boston
請來波士頓吧
She said no, would you come home to me
但她說「不，你該回家來我身邊」

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And she said, hey ramblin' boy, why don't you settle down
而她說：「我散漫的兒子，你為何不定下來？
Boston ain't your kind of town
波士頓不是你該待的地方
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
找不到黃金也沒有像我這樣的人
I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee
只有我最愛那來自田納西的男子。」

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
請在下雪之前來丹佛吧
We'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found
很快我們就會搬到沒人找得到的山上了
And throw "I love you" echoes down the canyon
然後對著山谷丟下「我愛你」的回音
And then lie awake at night till they come back around
在它們反彈時徹夜未眠著
Please come to Denver
請到丹佛來吧
She said no, boy, would you come home to me
但她說「不，你該回家來我身邊」

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Now this drifter's world goes 'round and 'round
而漂移的世界不斷轉動著
And I doubt that it's ever gonna stop
我想它永遠也不會停止
But of all the dreams I've lost or found
但所有的夢不是遺失即尋獲
And all that I ain't got
我擁有的就這些
I still need to cling to
而我仍需要緊抓住
Somebody I can sing to
某位能讓我傾訴歌唱的人

Please come to LA to live forever
請來洛杉磯住一輩子吧
California life alone is just too hard to build
一個人的加州生活實在太難過了
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
我住在一間看著海的房子裡
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
天空透過屋頂的破洞化做繁星
Livin' up on the hill
在山丘上栩栩如生
Please come to LA
請快來洛杉磯吧
She just said no, boy, won't you come home to me
而她只是淡淡說：「不，孩子，不如回家來我身邊吧。」

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