Seen the arrow on the door post saying "This land is condemned" 看到门后的箭头说：“这片土地是谴责”

All the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem 所有从新奥尔良到耶路撒冷的路上

I traveled through East Texas where many martyrs fell 我从东德克萨斯州旅行，许多烈士下跌

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事，没有人可以唱他们像盲人威利McTell蓝调

   

Well, I heard the hoot-owl singing as they were taking down the tents 嗯，我听到了叫声，猫头鹰唱歌，因为他们拿下了帐篷

The stars above all the barren trees were his only audience 以上所有的树木荒芜的星星是他唯一的听众

Yeah, them charcoal gypsy maidens can strut their feathers well 是啊，他们木炭吉普赛姑娘能支撑自己的羽毛以及

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事，没有人可以唱他们像盲人威利McTell蓝调

   

See them big plantations a-burning, can't you hear the cracking of the whips 看到他们的大种植园烧，你能不能听到鞭子开裂

Smell that sweet magnolia blossom blooming, see the ghosts of the slavery ships 闻到甜美的玉兰盛开绽放，看到的奴隶船鬼

Well, I can hear them tribes a-moanin', I can hear the undertaker's bell 好吧，我能听到他们的部落A- moanin ，我可以听到承办的钟声

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事，没有人可以唱他们像盲人威利McTell蓝调

   

There's a woman she's standing by the river, she is with some fine young handsome man 有一个女人，她是站在河边，她与一些优秀的年轻英俊的男子

See he's all dressed just like a squire, he's got bootleg whiskey in his hand 看到他都穿着就像一个乡绅，他有盗版的威士忌在他的手

Yeah, there's a chain-gang out on the highway and I can hear them rebels yell 是啊，有一个连锁团伙在公路上，我能听到他们呼喊反政府武装

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事，没有人可以唱他们像盲人威利McTell蓝调

   

God, oh God is in Heaven and we all want what is His 天啊，哦，上帝在天上，我们都希望他有什么

But the power and greed, the corruptible seed seems to be all that there is 但是，权力和贪婪，在坏的种子似乎是所有有

Hey, hey, I'm a-gazing out the window of the St. James Hotel 嘿，嘿，我是一个凝视了圣詹姆斯酒店的窗

And I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 我知道一件事，没有人可以唱他们像盲人威利McTell蓝调

Hey, hey, I know one thing, nobody can sing them blues like Blind Willie McTell 嘿，嘿，我知道一件事，没有人可以唱他们像盲人威利McTell蓝调