Older brother, restless soul, lie down Older brother, restless soul, lie down Irmão mais velho, alma inquieta, deite-se Lie for a while with your ear against the earth Lie for a while with your ear against the earth Deite-se por um tempo com o ouvido contra a terra And you'll hear your sister sleep talking And you'll hear your sister sleep talking E você vai ouvir sua irmã dormir conversando Say: Your hair is long but not long enough to reach Say: Your hair is long but not long enough to reach Diga: seu cabelo é comprido, mas não longo o suficiente para alcançar Home to me Home to me Casa para mim But your beard But your beard Mas a sua barba Someday might be Someday might be Algum dia pode ser And she'll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor And she'll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor E ela vai acordar suando frio no chão Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four Next to a family portrait drawn when you were four Ao lado de um retrato de família desenhado quando você tinha quatro anos And beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more And beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more E ao lado de um pote de duas moedas de centavo que não servem mais She'll lay it aside She'll lay it aside Ela vai deixá-lo de lado Older father, weary soul, you'll drive Older father, weary soul, you'll drive Pai mais velho, alma cansada, você dirigirá Out to the home you made on the mountainside Out to the home you made on the mountainside Fora para a casa que você fez na encosta da montanha With that ugly, terrible thing With that ugly, terrible thing Com aquela coisa feia e terrível Those papers for divorce Those papers for divorce Aqueles papéis para divórcio And a lonely ring And a lonely ring E um anel solitário A lonely ring A lonely ring Um anel solitário Sit on your porch Sit on your porch Sente-se na sua varanda And pluck your strings And pluck your strings E arranque suas cordas And you'll find somebody you can blame And you'll find somebody you can blame E você encontrará alguém que você pode culpar And you'll follow the creek that runs out into the sea And you'll follow the creek that runs out into the sea E você vai seguir o riacho que corre para o mar And you'll find the peace of the Lord And you'll find the peace of the Lord E você encontrará a paz do Senhor Grandfather, weary soul, you'll fly Grandfather, weary soul, you'll fly Avô, alma cansada, voará Over your life once more before you die Over your life once more before you die Mais uma vez a sua vida antes de morrer Since our grandma passed away Since our grandma passed away Desde que nossa avó faleceu You've waited for forever and a day You've waited for forever and a day Você esperou por sempre e um dia Just to die Just to die Apenas para morrer And someday soon And someday soon E algum dia em breve You will die You will die Você vai morrer It was the only woman you ever loved It was the only woman you ever loved Foi a única mulher que você amou That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young That got burnt by the sun too often when she was young Isso foi queimado pelo sol com muita frequência quando ela era jovem And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood And the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood E o câncer se espalhou e correu em seu corpo e seu sangue And there's nothing you can do about it now And there's nothing you can do about it now E não há nada que você possa fazer sobre isso agora