well you see I happened to be back on the east coast 嗯，你看，我正好是回到了东海岸

a few years back tryin' to make me a buck 几年前试着让我钱赚

like everybody else, well you know 像其他人一样，那么你知道

times get hard and well I got down on my luck 多次获得硬件和好，我对我的运气了下来

and I got tired of just roamin' and bummin' 我已经厌倦了只是roamin 和bummin “

around, so I started thumbin' my way 各地，所以我就开始thumbin “我的路

back to my old hometown 回到我的故乡

you know I made quite a few miles 你知道我犯了不少哩

in the first couple of days, and I 在最初的几天，我

figured I'd be home in a week if my 想我会回家一个星期，如果我

luck held out this way 运气举行了这样

but you know it was the third night 但你知道它是第三个晚上

I got stranded, it was out at a cold lonely 我被搁浅，这是出在一个寒冷的寂寞

crossroads, and as the rain came 十字路口，因为雨来了

pouring down, I was hungry, tired 倾泻而下，我饿了，累了

freezin', caught myself a chill, but freezin ，回过神来一阵寒意，但

it was just about that time that 它只是这个时候，

the lights of an old semi topped the hill 一个老半灯荣登山

you should of seen me smile when I 你应该看到我的笑容时，我

heard them air brakes come on, and 听到他们气闸来吧，和

I climbed up in that cab where I 我就在驾驶室爬了上去，我

knew it'd be warm at the wheel 知道这会是在车轮温暖

well at the wheel sat a big man 以及在车轮坐着一个大个子

I'd have to say he must of weighed 210 我不得不说，他必须权衡210

the way he stuck out a big hand and 路上，他伸出大手，

said with a grin "Big Joe's the name 笑着说： “大乔的名字

and this here rig's called Phantom 309" 这种钻机在这里的所谓的幻影309 “

well I asked him why he called his 好，我问他为什么，他打电话给他的

rig such a name, but he just turned to me 钻机这样的名字，但他只是转过身来对我

and said "Why son don't you know this here 并说：“儿子，为什么你不知道这里该

rig'll be puttin' 'em all to shame, why rigll是puttin 他们所有的耻辱，为什么

there ain't a driver on this 没有一个司机在这

or any other line for that matter 或任何其它线为此事

that's seen nothin' but the taillights of Big Joe 这是看到的没什么，但大乔的尾灯

and Phantom 309" 和幻影309 “

So we rode and talked the better part of the night 因此，我们骑着聊了一夜的大部分

and I told my stories and Joe told his and 我告诉我的故事，乔告诉他，并

I smoked up all his Viceroys as we rolled along 我抽了他所有的总督们，我们一起滚

he pushed her ahead with 10 forward gears 他推着她前进了10个前进档

man that dashboard was lit like the old 男子的仪表板被点燃像老

Madam La Rue pinball, a serious semi truck 女士得利弹球，严重的半卡车

until almost mysteriously, well it was the 直到几乎神不知鬼不觉，以及它是

lights of a truck stop that rolled into sight 那卷成的视线卡车停车灯

Joe turned to me and said "I'm sorry son 乔转身对我说： “对不起儿子

but I'm afraid this is just as far as you go 但恐怕这是因为你走一样远

You see I kinda gotta be makin' a turn 你看，我还挺得是金一转

just up the road a piece," but I'll be 刚刚在路上的一块， “但我会

damned if he didn't throw me a dime as he 该死的，如果他不把我一毛钱，因为他

threw her in low and said "Go on in there 把她低说：“走在那里

son, and get yourself a hot cup of coffee 儿子，让自己的一杯热咖啡

on Big Joe" 对大乔“

and when Joe and his rig pulled off into 而当乔和他的钻机被拉断成

the night, man in nothing flat they was 夜晚，男人没有平坦的，他们是

clean outa sight 清洁OUTA视线

so I walked into the old stop and 于是我走进了老站，

ordered me up a cup of mud sayin' 命令我一个杯子泥说

"Big Joe's settin' this dude up" but “大乔的设置搜索这个家伙了”，但

it got so deathly quiet in that 它得到的是如此死一般的宁静

place, you could of heard a pin drop 的地方，你可以听见一根针落地

as the waiter's face turned kinda 作为服务员的脸变得有点

pale, I said "What's the matter did 苍白，我说：“什么事做

I say somethin' wrong?" I kinda 我说事端错了吗？ “我还挺

said with 8a half way grin. He said 与8A中途微笑着说。他说，

"No son, you see It'll happen every “没有儿子，你看它会发生一次

now and then. You see every driver in 然后现在。你看，在每一个驱动器

here knows Big Joe, but let me 这里知道大乔，但我

tell you what happened just 10 years 告诉你发生了什么事短短10年

ago, yea it was 10 years ago 以前，是啊，那是10年前

out there at that cold lonely crossroads 在那里，在那个寒冷寂寞的十字路口

where you flagged Joe down, and 在这里你标记乔下来，

there was a whole bus load of kids 有孩子的整体总线负载

and they were just comin' from school 他们刚刚从学校科曼

and they were right in the middle when 他们是对的，中间的时候

Joe topped the hill, and could 乔冠上了山，和能

have been slaughtered except 已被宰杀，除了

Joe turned his wheels, and 乔把他的车轮，和

he jacknifed, and went 他jacknifed ，就去

into a skid, and folks around here 成打滑，并在这里的乡亲

say he gave his life to save that bunch 说他给自己的生命拯救了一堆

of kids, and out there at that cold 的孩子，在那里，在那个寒冷的

lonely crossroads, well they say it 孤独的十字路口，以及他们说

was the end of the line for 是线的末端为

Big Joe and Phantom 309, but it's 大乔和幻影309 ，但它的

funny you know, cause every now and then 有趣的你知道，现在再安排每一

yea every now and then, when the 是啊，每一个现在，然后，当

moon's holdin' water, they say old Joe 月球牵着“水，他们说老乔

will stop and give you a ride, and 将停止，送你一程，并

just like you, some hitchhiker will be 就像你一样，一些搭车会

comin' by" 科曼了“

"So here son," he said to me, "get “所以在这里的儿子， ”他对我说， “让

yourself another cup of coffee, it's on the 自己的另一杯咖啡，它是在

house, you see I want you to hang on 房子，你看我要你挂在

to that dime, yea you hang on to that 该毛钱，是啊，你挂到了

dime as a kind of souvenir, a 一分钱作为一种纪念品，一

souvenir of Big Joe and Phantom 309" 大乔和幻影309 “的纪念品