In the shadows of the smokestacks 在烟囱的阴影

Through the black snow that lay on the land 通过本命年奠定的土地上

Walked home one winter morning 走回家一个冬天的早晨

With my life's savings in my hand 伴我一生的积蓄在我手中

Maryanne, she's fixin' up some breakfast 玛丽安娜，她fixin 了一些早餐

Got the lights on, on the Christmas tree 拿到了灯，圣诞树上

Sittin' there lookin' up at an angel 正坐在那里看着了的天使

With something dyin' inside of me 东西快要枯萎我内心

   

Grew up with great expectations 从小一起长大的厚望

Heard the promise and I knew the plan 听到这个承诺，我知道这个计划

They say people get what they deserve 他们说，人们得到他们应得的

But Lord, sometimes it's much worse than that 但主，有时比这更糟糕

Maryanne she's takin' in some laundry 玛丽安娜，她的羚牛在一些洗衣

I got a part-time job at a drive-in stand 我得到了在驱动器处于待机兼职工作

Oh Lord, what did I do 哦，上帝，我做了什么

To deserve these empty hands 为了这些值得两手空空

   

Across the cities, across this land 整个城市，在这片土地

Through the valleys, and across the sand 穿过山谷，越过沙

To many people standin' in line 对很多人排队站在

Too many people with nothin' planned 太多人有没什么计划

There's too many people with empty hands 有太多的人两手空空

   

Now Maryanne's been cryin' 现在玛丽安娜一直在哭泣，

Lord knows I love her the best I can 上帝知道我爱她，尽我所能

When my pride is bruised and broken 当我的骄傲是伤痕累累，并打破

She slips her hand into my empty hands 她滑倒她的手在我的两手空空

Without hope, without love, you've got nothing but pain 没有希望，没有爱，你有什么，但疼痛

Just makes a man not give a damn 只是让一个男人不在乎

That's no way for us to live 这是没有办法，我们的生活

We've got to fill these empty hands 我们已经得到了填补这些空着双手