Seperti beberapa burung wisma malam wingin
He seeks the sheltered nest
Dia mencari sarang terlindung
Like the sailor's lost horizon,
Seperti cakrawala yang hilang dari pelaut,
He needs some place to rest
Dia butuh tempat untuk beristirahat
The songs that he's been singin'
Lagu-lagu yang dia ajak ‘
No longer make much sense
Tidak lagi masuk akal
And those stranger's cold perceptions
Dan persepsi dingin orang asing itu
They've killed his confidence
Mereka telah membunuh kepercayaan dirinya
Nightingale, she sails away upon a sea of song
Nightingale, dia berlayar di atas lautan nyanyian
Nightingale, SHE SERENADES HIS LONELY, LONELY LIFE ALONG
Nightingale, DIA SERENADES HIS LONELY, LONELY LIFE ALONG
When his tired voice is broken
Saat suaranya yang letih pecah
His golden hope is gone
Harapan emasnya hilang
She makes a lost soul's simple longing
Dia membuat kerinduan jiwa yang hilang
somehow not so wrong
entah bagaimana tidak salah
Nightingale, nightingale
Nightingale, burung bulbul
He was strong, but he was taken
Dia kuat, tapi dia diambil
By the thought of his success
Dengan memikirkan kesuksesannya
Those spotlights shadows
Bayang-bayang lampu sorot itu
How they lured him and took him like all the rest
Bagaimana mereka memikatnya dan membawanya seperti yang lainnya
But that old dream don't look good now
Tapi mimpi tua itu tidak terlihat bagus sekarang
No it don't seem quite the same
Tidak sepertinya tidak sama
He needs to hear a tender word
Dia perlu mendengar sebuah kata yang lembut
Won't you sing him home again
Tidakkah kamu akan menyanyikannya pulang lagi?
Nightingale, she sails away up on a sea of song
Nightingale, dia berlayar di lautan nyanyian
Nightingale, she serenades his lonely, lonely life along
Nightingale, dia serenades kesepian, kesepian hidup bersama
When his strength is slowly going,
Saat kekuatannya perlahan,
His pride is all but gone
Harga dirinya hanya hilang
She makes a foolish dreamer listen to one last song
Dia membuat pemimpi bodoh mendengarkan satu lagu terakhir
Nightingale ooh sing sweet nightingale
Nightingale ooh menyanyikan sweet nightingale
Oh, na, na, na, na
Oh, na, na, na, na
Nightingale ooh sing sweet nightingale
Nightingale ooh menyanyikan sweet nightingale
In my little town
Di kota kecilku
I grew up believing
Aku tumbuh percaya
God keeps his eye on us all
Tuhan terus mengawasi kita semua
And he used to lean upon me
Dan dia biasa bersandar padaku
As I pledged allegiance to the wall
Saat saya berjanji setia ke dinding
Lord I recall my little town
Tuhan, aku ingat kota kecilku
Coming home after school
Pulang pulang sepulang sekolah
Riding my bike past the gates of the factories
Mengendarai sepedaku melewati gerbang pabrik
My mom doing the laundry
Ibuku mencuci pakaian
Hanging out shirts in the dirty breeze
Menggantung kaos dengan angin sepoi-sepoi
And after it rains there's a rainbow
Dan setelah hujan ada pelangi
And all of the colors are black
Dan semua warnanya hitam
It's not that the colors aren't there
Bukan berarti warnanya tidak ada
It's just imagination they lack
Hanya imajinasi yang mereka kekurangan
Everything's the same back in my little town
Segalanya sama di kota kecilku
In my little town I never meant nothing
Di kota kecilku, aku tidak pernah berarti apa-apa
I was just my father's son
Aku hanya anak ayahku
Saving my money
Menyimpan uang saya
Dreamin of glory
Dreamin kemuliaan
Twitching like a finger on a trigger of a gun
Berkedut seperti jari pada pemicu pistol
Nothing but the dead and dying back in my little town
Tidak ada apa-apa selain kematian dan kematian di kota kecilku
Nothing but the dead and dying ba
Tidak ada apa-apanya selain mati dan mati ba