Across the border they turn 跨越他们把边境

Water into wine 水为酒

Some say it's the devil's blood 有人说这是魔鬼的血

They're squeezing from the vine 他们从葡萄压榨

Some say it's a saviour 有人说，这是一个救星

In these hard and desperate times 在这些困难和绝望的时刻

For me it helps me to forget 对我来说，它可以帮助我忘记

That we're just born to die 那我们刚刚生下来就死

   

I came here like so many did 我来到这里，像许多做

To find the better life 为了找到更好的生活

To find my piece of easy street 为了找到我的一片轻松街道

To finally be alive 终于活着

And I know nothing good comes easy 我什么都不知道好来容易

And all good things take some time 和一切美好的东西需要一段时间

I made my bed I'll lie in it 我做了我的床，我会看着办吧

To die in it's the crime 死在它的罪

   

You can't help but prosper 你不能不繁荣

Where the streets are paved with gold 那里的街道上遍地黄金

They say the oil wells ran deeper here 他们说，油井跑了更深的​​位置

than anybody's known 不是任何人的已知

I packed up on my wife and kid 我收拾了我的妻子和孩子在

And left them back at home 离开他们回到家里

   

Now there's nothing in this paydirt 现在有没有在这个paydirt

The ghosts are all I know 鬼都知道

Now the oil's gone 现在油不见了

The money's gone 钱不见了

And the jobs are gone 和工作都没有了

Still we're hangin' on 还是我们犹豫不决，对

   

Down in dry county 倒在干县

They're swimming in the sand 他们在游泳在沙滩上

Praying for some holy water 祈求一些圣水

To wash the sins from off our hand 要关闭我们的手洗的罪

Here in dry county 在这里，在干县

The promise has run dry 该承诺已干涸

Where nobody cries 没人的地方哭

And no one's getting out of here alive 也没有人走出活着在这里

   

In the blessed name of Jesus 奉耶稣的名祝福

I heard a preacher say 我听到一个牧师说

That we are God's children 我们是神的儿女

And He'd be back someday 而且他会回来的一天

And I hoped that he knew 我希望他知道

Something as he drank his cup of wine 事情正如他喝他杯中的酒

I didn't have too good of a feeling 我没有太好的感觉

As I head out to the night 当我把头伸出夜

   

I cursed the sky to open 我诅咒天空打开

I begged the clouds for rain 我恳求云为雨

I prayed to God for water 我祈祷上帝水

For this burning in my veins 对于这种燃烧在我的血管里

It was like my soul's on fire 这就像我的灵魂的火

And I had to watch the flames 我只好眼睁睁地看着火苗

All my dreams went up in ashes 我所有的梦想就在灰烬

And my future blew away 和我的未来吹去

   

Now the oil's gone 现在油不见了

And the money's gone 和钱不见了

And the jobs are gone 和工作都没有了

Still we're hangin' on 还是我们犹豫不决，对

   

Down in dry county 倒在干县

They're swimming in the sand 他们在游泳在沙滩上

Praying for some holy water 祈求一些圣水

To wash the sins from off our hand 要关闭我们的手洗的罪

Here in dry county 在这里，在干县

The promise has run dry 该承诺已干涸

Where nobody cries 没人的地方哭

And no one's getting out of here alive 也没有人走出活着在这里

   

Men spend their whole lives 男人度过一生

Waiting praying for their big reward 等待祈祷自己的大奖励

But it seems sometimes 但似乎有时

The payoff leaves you feeling 的回报会让你的感觉

Like a dirty whore 像一个肮脏的妓女

If I could choose the way I'll die 如果我可以选择的方式，我会死的

Make it by the gun or knife 由枪或刀使

'Cause the other way there's too much pain “原因的另一种方式有太多的痛

Night after night after night 经过一夜又一夜一夜

   

Down in dry county 倒在干县

They're swimming in the sand 他们在游泳在沙滩上

Praying for some holy water 祈求一些圣水

To wash the sins from off our hand 要关闭我们的手洗的罪

Here in dry county 在这里，在干县

The promise has run dry 该承诺已干涸

Where nobody cries 没人的地方哭

And no one's getting out of here alive 也没有人走出活着在这里