People always tell me their life story 人们总是告诉我，他们的人生故事

Love they've lost, their taste of glory 爱他们已经失去了，自己光辉的味道

He sat next to me at the counter in the diner 他坐在我旁边的这家餐厅柜台

Said I used to be Wall Street but this is much finer 说我曾经是华尔街但这是更精细

Oh yeah 哦耶

   

He had a leather look on a steel horse Harley 他有一个皮革的外观上钢一马哈雷

And a dark-eyed girlfriend he called Charlie 和黑眼睛的女友，他叫查理

He looked a little lost walkin' out the door 他看起来有点失去走着“出了门

But I think I knew what he was lookin' for 但我想我知道他在追寻的梦想

Freedom, sweet freedom 自由，自由，甜美

   

I gassed 'er up, climbed back in my cab í毒气呃了，爬回到了我的出租车

To my wife I'm a husband, to my kids I'm a dad 我的妻子我是一个丈夫，我的孩子我当爸爸

To the credit card companies I'm just another sucker 给信用卡公司，我只是一个吸盘

To the IRS, a long-haul trucker 美国国税局，长途卡车司机

Mmmm yeah 嗯是的

   

Some say that freedom's the power to do what one pleases 有人说，自由是做什么人为所欲为的权力

You can live like the devil or hold on to Jesus 你可以活得像魔鬼还是坚持耶稣

I found the one thing I was born to do 我发现了一件事，我天生就是做

And girl that's why I'm runnin' back to you 女孩这就是为什么我飞奔回到你身边

Freedom, sweet freedom 自由，自由，甜美

   

He climbed up in my truck with his green duffel bag 他爬上了我的车和他的绿色行李袋

I knew he was a soldier 'cause I saw his dog tags 我知道他是一名军人，因为我看到了他的狗牌

We talked about it, we cried about it 我们谈到了，我们哭了吧

   

Then a steel horse Harley came roarin' on past 然后，钢马哈雷来到roarin “在过去的

I knew it was Charlie hangin' on real fast 我知道这是查理犹豫不决，上实快

We talked about it, we laughed about it 我们谈论它，我们笑了一下

   

Through the joy and pain that living brings 通过对快乐和痛苦的生活带来

Don't we all want the same thing 难道我们都希望同样的事情

Freedom, sweet freedom 自由，自由，甜美

   

It's what the junkie needs that the needle can't give 这是什么迷需要的针不能给

The oppressed and forgotten are praying for it 被压迫者和被遗忘的祈祷吧

It's what the brave and courageous are fightin' for 这是什么英勇无比的格斗的

An open sail on a distant shore 在遥远的彼岸开放的风帆

Freedom 自由