Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times 有一次，我知道在硬艰女孩

She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes 她让我一件衬衫了击掌和角钱

Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind 现在她走了，但是当我穿上它，她穿过我的脑海

And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind 如果最好的是最好的话，最好是不厚道

   

I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand 我意识到，伊利诺伊州超过我能忍受

They say working's best cause poverty is hell on a man 他们说工作的最好的原因是贫穷地狱的男人

Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan 现在，我在密西西比风扇骑水上游览项目

And if the best is for the best then the best can be damned 如果最好的是最好的话，最好可以被定罪

   

I spent a few years on the Queen of Spain 我花了几年的西班牙王后

She was a leaky little boat that went up in flames 她是一个漏水的小船是付之一炬

When the boiler blew some people started naming names 当锅炉自爆有人开始指名道姓

But if the best is for the best I guess the best is to blame 但是，如果最好的是最好的，我想最好是难辞其咎

   

I spent a few more as the Cairo Crown 我花了几个作为开罗冠

A heavyweight wrestler in the Midwest towns 在中西部地区城镇重量级摔跤手

But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down 但我是寂寞了谁可以束缚我的女孩

They say the best is for the best but that's not what I've found 他们说，最好的是最好的，但是这不是我发现

   

Now I listen to my sweetheart and I listen to my thirst 现在，我听我的爱人，我听我渴

I don't spend time listening to other people's words 我不花时间听别人的话

Sometimes they're right most times the reverse 有时候，他们是颠倒次数最多

They say the best is for the best when the best's for the worse 他们说，最好的是最好的时候变得更糟最好

   

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times 有一次，我知道在硬艰女孩

She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes 她让我一件衬衫了击掌和角钱

Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind 现在她走了，但是当我穿上它，她穿过我的脑海

And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind 如果最好的是最好的话，最好是不厚道