When I was five 我5

I put on Mama's high heel shoes 我穿上妈妈的高跟鞋

And paint my face 和油漆我的脸

And dance across the living room 和横跨客厅跳舞

In Ruby's place 在Ruby中的地位

Well the music was always playing 好音乐是永远玩

Girls laugh while the men were sayin' 女孩笑了，而男人们在说

   

Apples don't fall far from the tree 苹果不从树远远

Hey, honey come sit on my knee 嘿，亲爱的来坐在我的膝盖上

Apples don't fall far from the tree 苹果不从树远远

And I remember Mama's tears 我记得妈妈的眼泪

When they said in a few years 当他们在几年说

I'd be something to see 我会看到的东西

   

At seventeen I had me a diamond 在17我有我的钻石

And a string of pearls 和一串珍珠项链

The men said they preffered me 该男子说，他们参访了我

To the other girls 对其他女孩

They took me to the best places 他们带我去最好的地方

But I could read it on their faces 但是，我能读它在他们的脸上

   

Apples don't fall far from the tree 苹果不从树远远

Hey, honey come sit on my knee 嘿，亲爱的来坐在我的膝盖上

Apples don't fall far from the tree 苹果不从树远远

And I remember Mama's tears 我记得妈妈的眼泪

When they said in a few years 当他们在几年说

I'd be something to see 我会看到的东西

   

Then when Mama died I made up my mind 然后当妈妈死了我做了我的心

To get on a Greyhound , get out of this town 要获得灰狗，离开这个小镇

And leave it all behind 离开这一切的背后

   

But life goes on 但生活还要继续

A child of three smiles up at me 三岁的孩子我微笑起来

While she plays 虽然她扮演

The man I love has never heard of "Ruby's Place" 我爱的人从来没有听说过“ Ruby的地方”

When he holds her with affection 当他抱着她的感情

And he uses that old expression 他用旧的表达

   

Apples don't fall far from the tree 苹果不从树远远

Hey, honey come sit on my knee 嘿，亲爱的来坐在我的膝盖上

Apples don't fall far from the tree 苹果不从树远远

And I remember Mama's tears 我记得妈妈的眼泪

When they said in a few years 当他们在几年说

I'd be something to see 我会看到的东西