He was a long tall stranger from way down south where he'd left his life behind 他从路南下长高个的陌生人，他会离开​​他的生活背后

He had a big old Gibson and a pickup truck and Shenandoah eyes 他有一个大的老吉布森和一辆皮卡车和雪兰的眼睛

And I remember him sitting in that local bar where I earned my pay each night 我记得他坐在那个地方吧，我赢得了我的工资，每天晚上

Singing my songs to empty chairs and going home half tight 唱我的歌的空椅子，回家半紧

   

So the nights rolled by like headlights shining on a lonesome strip of tar 因此，通过前大灯一样卷起晚上照耀着焦油的寂寞条

I kept his words of kindness close to me like a pick on my guitar; And we 我把他的友善的话我附近时，像挑上我的吉他;我们

Talked about the singers and the songs we loved and the songs we'd most forgot 谈到歌手和我们喜欢的歌曲，我们会忘记大部分的歌曲

In that run-down bar they'd make last call and I'd never want to stop 在这破败的酒吧，他们会做最后一次通话，我从来没有想要停止

   

'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams 因为我住在只是一个年轻女孩的梦想

With my cowboy boots and my old six-string 与我的牛仔靴和我的老六弦

Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars 搭上我远大的理想，梦想让这些地方的酒吧

When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine 当我让他能在截止时间的几首歌曲，并有机会大放异彩

Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a helluva lot like me 就像他渴望成为明星，他看上去宏大很多像我这样的

   

He'd played a lot of places where the only wages were food and beer for free 他已经打了很多地方，只有工资的食物和啤酒免费

No fancy licks, but he had him a gift for the kind of songs he'd sing 没有华丽的乐句，但他有他的礼物的那种歌，他会唱

But you do what you can to be a satisfied man, just to have your peace of mind 但是你做什么，你可以成为一个满意的男人，只是为了让您安心

So he gave it all up for a government job where the paychecks come on time 于是，他放弃一切，为政府工作，其中工资按时来

   

So now he comes to the bar to hear me play guitar and to share a drink or two 所以，现在他来酒吧听我弹吉他，并分享喝一两杯

And we sit swapping tales of where we've been and what we'd rather do 我们坐的交换，我们一直在传说和我们宁愿做

There's a wealth of danger when you're talking to strangers, and I meet them all the time 有丰富的危险，当你和陌生人说话，我满足他们所有的时间

But my heart knew better than my head when I looked into those eyes 但是，我的心脏就知道比我的头好，当我看着这双眼睛

   

'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams with my cowboy boots and my old six-string 因为我住在只是一个年轻女孩的梦想我的牛仔靴和我的老六弦

Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars 搭上我远大的理想，梦想让这些地方的酒吧

When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine 当我让他能在截止时间的几首歌曲，并有机会大放异彩

Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a hell of a lot like me 就像他渴望成为明星，他打量了一番地狱像我

   

Well, maybe I'll quit when I got me a kid and a place to call my own 好吧，也许我会辞职时，我得到了我一个孩子，一个地方，叫我自己

But tonight there ain't nobody there waiting up for me at home 但今晚有没有人在那里等了我家

It's a hell of a way to live from day to day not knowing where you're bound 它是一种地狱，从日常的生活不知道在哪里你都会

But the look in his eyes made me realize I was glad for the life I'd found 但在他的眼神让我意识到我很高兴的生活中，我已经找到

   

'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams with my cowboy boots and my old six-string 因为我住在只是一个年轻女孩的梦想我的牛仔靴和我的老六弦

Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars 搭上我远大的理想，梦想让这些地方的酒吧

When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine 当我让他能在截止时间的几首歌曲，并有机会大放异彩

Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a hell of a lot like me 就像他渴望成为明星，他打量了一番地狱像我

Like the star that he'd always be, he looked a hell of a lot like me 喜欢的明星，他会永远是，他看起来非常的像地狱我