My name is Billy Austin 我的名字是比利·奥斯汀

I'm Twenty-Nine years old 我二十九岁

I was born in Oklahoma 我出生在俄克拉何马州

Quarter Cherokee I'm told 季切诺基有人告诉我

Don't remember Oklahoma 不记得了俄克拉何马州

Been so long since I left home 这么久以来我离开了家

Seems like I've always been in prison 好像我一直在监狱里

Like I've always been alone 就像我一直孤独

Didn't mean to hurt nobody 不是故意要伤害任何人

Never thought I'd cross that line 从来没有想过我会跨过这条线

I held up a filling station 我举起加油站

Like I'd done a hundred times 就像我做了一百次

The kid done like I told him 孩子喜欢做我告诉他

He lay face down on the floor 他躺在面朝下放在地板上

Guess I'll never know what made me 我想我永远也不会知道是什么让我

Turn and walk back through that door 转身背过那扇门

The shot rang out like thunder 在响了一枪如雷

My ears rang like a bell 我的耳边响起就像一个钟

No one came runnin' 没有人来天边

So I called the cops myself 于是我打电话给警察自己

Took their time to get there 花自己的时间到那里

And I guess I could'a run 我想我身披运行

I knew I should be feeling something 我知道我应该感觉到了什么

But I never shed tear one 但我从来没有流下泪1

I didn't even make the papers 我什至没有做试卷

'Cause I only killed one man 因为我只杀了一个人

But my trial was over quickly 但我的审判很快就结束了

And then the long hard wait began 然后就是漫长的等待硬盘开始

Court appointed lawyer 法院指定的律师

Couldn't look me in the eye 不能看着我的眼睛

He just stood up and closed his briefcase 他刚站起来，闭上了公文包

When they sentenced me to die 当他们判我死

Now my waitin's over 现在，我等待着结束了

As the final hour drags by 由于最后一小时通过拖动

I ain't about to tell you 我是不是要告诉你

That I don't deserve to die 我不该死

But there's twenty-seven men here 但有27人在这里

Mostly black, brown and poor 大多是黑色，棕色和差

Most of em are guilty 大多数EM是有罪的

Who are you to say for sure? 谁是你说的吗？

So when the preacher comes to get me 所以，当牧师来给我

And they shave off all my hair 他们剃去我的头发

Could you take that long walk with me 你可以把我的长走

Knowing hell is waitin' there 知道到底是等待着有

Could you pull that switch yourself sir 你可以拉的切换自己的先生

With a sure and steady hand 有了一个肯定和稳定的手

Could you still tell youself 难道你还告诉youself

That you're better than I am 那你比我

My name is Billy Austin 我的名字是比利·奥斯汀

I'm twenty-nine years old 我29年岁

I was born in Oklahoma 我出生在俄克拉何马州

Quarter Cherokee I'm told 季切诺基有人告诉我