Now listen here, drunken driver 现在听这里，醉酒司机

While here on earth you dwell 而在地球上，你住

You never know when the time will come 你永远不知道到时候会来

When you'll have to say farewell. 当你不得不说再见。

   

I saw an accident one day 我看到了一个意外1天

Would charm the hearts of man 男人的魅力会在心中

And teach him never to drink a drop 并教他从来没有喝过一滴

With a steerin' wheel in his hand. 随着他的手steerin “轮。

   

This awful accident occured 这个可怕的事故发生

On the twentieth day of May 五月二十日

And caused to loving children 并由此对爱的孩子

To sleep beneath the clay. 睡觉的泥土之下。

   

These two dear kids walked side by side 这两个亲爱的孩子们并排走着一边

Out on a state highway 出在州际高速公路

Their lovin' mother, she had died 他们心爱的母亲，她已经死了

And their father had run away. 而他们的父亲跑掉了。

   

They were talking of their loving parents 他们在谈论他们的爱心父母

How sad their hearts did feel 多么可悲心里的确感到

When around the curve came a speedin' car 当曲线各地传来speedin的车

With a drunk man at the wheel. 有一个醉酒的男人在车轮。

   

The driver saw these two dear kids 司机看到这两个亲爱的孩子们

And hooted a drunkard sound 并叫了醉汉的声音

"Get out of the road, you little fools" “让开道路，你这个小傻瓜”

And the car had brought them down. 与汽车给他们带来了下来。

   

The driver staggered from his car 从他的汽车司机摇摇晃晃

To see what he had done 看他做了什么

His heart sank within him 他在他的心脏沉没

When he saw his dyin' on. 当他看到他快要枯萎的。

   

He then picked up his little one 然后，他拿起他的小家伙

And carried him to his car 带他到他的车

Then leanin' on the runnin' board 然后， “在天边板leanin

He prayed a drunkard's prayer. 他祈祷醉汉的祈祷。

   

Sayin', "Please, oh Lord, forgive me 言谈， “拜托，主啊，原谅我

For this awful crime I've done" 对于这个可怕的罪我已经做了“

His attention then was called away 他的注意力，然后叫走

To the words of his dyin' son. 给他快要枯萎的儿子的话。

   

Sayin' "Take us to our mother, Dad 言谈“带我们去我们的妈妈，爸爸

She sleeps beneath the ground 她睡在地下

It was you and her we was talkin' about 这是你和她，我们是在说约

When the car had knocked us down." 当汽车撞倒了我们失望。 “

   

"And please, dear Dad, don't drink no more “而请，亲爱的爸爸，不要喝没有更多

While drivin' on your way 虽然对你的方式赶回

But meet us with our mother, Dad 不过，我们见面了我们的母亲，爸爸

In heaven some sweet day."... 在天上有甜蜜的日子。 “......