Текст песни: Fireman + перевод

For one last time I played «The Jitterbug Waltz»

Until my fingers grew numb

(A long farewell recital to the bare walls)

I sold my last possession

Held onto it for as long as I could

And traded my piano for a tape deck

(So nothing could hold me back anymore)

For one whole year I did nothing but drive

Back and forth across the country

Waiting for the money to run out

The speed was the essence

And I was constantly rushing forward through space

A hunger to be fed at any price

I closed my eyes and jumped

Without the slightest tremor of fear

The miles pile up just like the hours

A peculiar way to make amends, yes

Not considering the consequence

I paid off all my debts

Held a toast in my own honour and left

Spent seven years a fireman

Only two a father

I understood how little it mattered what choices i made:

I’ve been nothing but a voice to her

So let her have all she possibly wants

Even a swingset in the backyard

Too many things had been set in motion

So as long as i don’t turn back

I could just as well be invisible

A hunger to be fed at any price

I closed my eyes and jumped

Without the slightest tremor of fear

The miles pile up just like the hours

Not far from Millbrook, I had already been lost for a while

A young man covered with welts and bruises

Hardly keeping up

He heard me coming from the sound of the shifting gears

And for better or worse

That was how the whole business started

One fine morning at the end of summer

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