Out of work I took a job as a 失去工作的我把工作作为

Hand on a boat 手在船上

In a town called Matlache 在一个叫Matlache镇

On my first day off I was 我的第一个休息日我

Sitting drinking beer 坐着喝啤酒

At a bar called the dock of the bay 在一个酒吧叫做湾码头

   

When in walked a woman 当走到一个女人

That every man eyed 每个人眼睛

But her eyes stayed right on me 但她的眼睛留权在我身上

The guy next to me he 坐在我旁边的家伙，他

Whispered real low 低声真正的低

There's more to her than you can see 还有更多她比你所看到的

   

She comes from the back bay 她来自后湾

Better stay away 更好的远离

She lives up on the back bay 她住在背面的海湾

And then he moved on away 然后他转移走

   

Well she came and sat down 好了，她来了，坐了下来

And the hours flew by 而小时飞过

And the beer flowed just like the tide 和啤酒流就像潮水

The sun went down and the moon came up 太阳落山了，月亮出来了

And there was fire in her eyes 有一团火，她的眼睛

   

She took me for a ride in the white moonlight 她带我兜风，在白色的月光下

In a boat like I've never seen 在船上就像我从来没见过

As the bay flew by the sky was alive 由于海湾飞过天空还活着

I was seeing things that I've never seen 我看到了我从来没有见过的东西

   

She said you're going to the back bay 她说，你要背湾

You're gonna see my ways 你会看到我的方式

Cause there's magic on the back bay 原因有神奇的背湾

You might even want to stay 你甚至可能想留

   

Well I woke in the morning to 嗯，我醒来的早上

Her house boat rocking 她家的船摇摆

Eye to eye with an old brown hound 眼对眼与旧的棕色猎犬

There was fresh mullet frying 有新鲜乌鱼炒

And strange birds crying 而奇怪的鸟哭

And no one else for miles around 并没有其他人在身边公里

   

I saw her standing there with 我看见她站在那里

The breeze in her hair 在她的头发在微风

I knew I never wanted to leave 我知道，我从来没有想过要离开

I saw all my things around I 我看到我周围所有的东西

Knew she'd been back into town 知道她会一直回镇

And already mad the move for me 并且已经疯狂的举动对我来说

   

She said you're moving to the back bay 她说，你移动到后湾

You're gonna see my ways 你会看到我的方式

You're gonna love it on the back bay 你会爱上它的背湾

And you're always gonna stay 而你总是要留