The Only One
When you and I were young
Man, we could run
Through the field
Under the sun
I was young and you were the only one
Behind that stone wall
We couldn't go at all
Copper heads, their nesting in their den
Get bit by one of those things and
You could end up dead
Your poppa he would call us in off your front lawn
When the weather wanes he's calling us to come
I was young and you were the only one
I wrote you a letter once
I mailed it to Michigan
That was the last I heard of you and ever since
The mailbox got knocked off,
Goddamn those rotten kids
Did I speak for you?
Did I invent you too?
You have the look of a new girl's face
I was young I could have made some mistakes
And lately you know it seems
The memories they're just dreams
And the flowers you picked,
Turned out they were weeds
Yeah no buttercups
And dandelion weeds
You and I were young
Man we could run
But there was the only truth
Could have been anyone
Just so happened that it was you
This time, indeed
For once don't cease
We'll turn back east
Our backs against the setting sun
It's time for us to run
We're better wrong
I was young, and you were the only one
I was young, and you were the only one
La Única
Cuando tú y yo éramos jóvenes
Hombre, podíamos correr
Por el campo
Bajo el sol
Yo era joven y tú eras la única
Detrás de ese muro de piedra
No podíamos ir en absoluto
Cabezas de cobre, anidando en su guarida
Si te muerde una de esas cosas
Podrías terminar muerto
Tu papá nos llamaba desde tu jardín delantero
Cuando el clima cambiaba, nos llamaba a venir
Yo era joven y tú eras la única
Una vez te escribí una carta
La envié a Michigan
Esa fue la última vez que supe de ti y desde entonces
El buzón fue derribado
Malditos esos niños podridos
¿Hablé por ti?
¿Te inventé también?
Tienes la apariencia de la cara de una chica nueva
Yo era joven, podría haber cometido algunos errores
Y últimamente parece
Que los recuerdos son solo sueños
Y las flores que recogiste
Resulta que eran malas hierbas
Sí, no había botones de oro
Y malas hierbas de diente de león
Tú y yo éramos jóvenes
Hombre, podíamos correr
Pero había una sola verdad
Podría haber sido cualquiera
Simplemente sucedió que eras tú
Esta vez, en efecto
Por una vez no ceses
Volveremos al este
Con nuestras espaldas contra el sol poniente
Es hora de correr
Estamos mejor equivocados
Yo era joven, y tú eras la única
Yo era joven, y tú eras la única