It's knowing that your door is always open 它知道你的大门始终是敞开

And your path is free to walk 和你的道路是自由漫步

That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag 这使我倾向于离开我的睡袋

Rolled up and stashed behind your couch 卷起来藏你的沙发背后

And it's knowing I'm not shackled 而且它知道我不会束缚

By forgotten words and bonds 由被遗忘的单词和债券

And the ink stains that are dried upon some line 而那些能够在一些晾干墨水渍

That keeps you in the backroads 这让你在似乎快要上当受骗

By the rivers of my memory 在我记忆的河流

That keeps you ever gentle on my mind 这让你永远在我心中的温柔

   

It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy 这不是紧紧地抱住了岩石和常春藤

Planted on their columns now that bind us 种植在他们的列，现在我们结合

Or something that somebody said 什么的，有人说：

Because they thought we fit together walking 因为他们认为我们结合在一起散步

It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing 它只是知道这个世界不会被骂

Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find 或宽容，当我沿着走一些铁轨，并找到

That you're moving on the backroads 那你要的似乎快要上当受骗

By the rivers of my memory 在我记忆的河流

And for hours you're just gentle on my mind 而几个小时你在我心中只是温柔

   

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines 尽管麦田和衣服行

And the junkyards and the highways come between us 而废品站和公路来我们之间

And some other man's cryin' to his mother 和其他一些人的哭泣，他的母亲

'Cause he turned and I was gone 因为他转过身来，我走了

I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face 我仍然会在这欢乐的泪水默默地会弄脏我的脸跑

And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind 和夏天的阳光会烧我，直到我瞎了

But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads 但不要在那里我看不到你的似乎快要上当受骗走着

By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind 通过流动的温柔在我心中的河

   

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' í沾我的一杯羹回从gurglin “

Cracklin' caldron in some train yard Cracklin “甑一些机厂

My beard a rustling, cold towel, and 我的胡子沙沙声，冷毛巾，并

A dirty hat pulled low across my face 一个肮脏的帽子拉低划过我的脸

Through cupped hands 'round the tin can 通过双手捧着“圆铁罐

I pretend to hold you to my breast and find 我假装抱着你到我的乳房，并找到

That you're waiting from the backroads 那你是从似乎快要上当受骗等待

By the rivers of my memories 按我的记忆的河流

Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind 永远微笑在我心中永远的温柔