My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state 我的名字是乔·罗伯茨，我为国家工作

I'm a sergeant out on Perenville barracks number 8 我是一名警长出来Perenville兵营数8

I've always done an honest job, honest as I could 我一直在做一个诚实的工作，说实话，我可以

Got a brother named Frankie, Frankie ain't no good 有一个名为弗兰克兄弟，弗兰克是不是没有好

   

Ever since we were young kids, it's been the same come down 自从我们年幼的孩子来说，这是同样的回落

I'd get a call on the short wave, Frankie's in trouble downtown 我会得到的短波通话， Frankie的麻烦市中心

Well, if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away 好吧，如果这是其他任何人，我把他马上

But sometimes when it's your brother, you look the other way 但有时当它是你的兄弟，你看其他的方式

   

Yeah, me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels better than blood on blood 是啊，我和弗兰克嘲笑和喝酒 ，没什么感觉比血对血液更好

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria while the band played "The Night of the Johnstown Flood" 羚牛轮流跳舞与玛丽亚，而乐队演奏的“约翰斯敦洪水之夜”

I catch him when he's strayin', like any brother should 我抓住他的时候，他的strayin “ ，像任何兄弟当

Man turns his back on his family, he ain't no good 男子背对他的家庭，他是不是没有好

   

Well, Frankie went into the army back in 1965 好吧，弗兰克走进军队早在1965年

I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife 我有一个农场延期，安顿下来，把玛丽亚给我妻子

But them wheat prices kept on droppin', 'til it was like we's gettin' robbed 但他们小麦价格不断丢下 ， 直到它像我们的刚开了抢劫

Frankie came home in '68, and me, I took this job 羊羊回家在1968年，和我，我把这份工作

   

Yeah, me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels better than blood on blood 是啊，我和弗兰克嘲笑和喝酒 ，没什么感觉比血对血液更好

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria while the band played "The Night of the Johnstown Flood" 羚牛轮流跳舞与玛丽亚，而乐队演奏的“约翰斯敦洪水之夜”

I catch him when he's strayin', teach him how to walk that line 我抓住他的时候，他的strayin “ ，教他如何走这条线

Man turns his back on his family ain't no friend of mine 男子背对他的家人是不是没有朋友我的

   

The night was like any other, I got a call 'bout a quarter to nine 夜晚就像任何其他的，我接到一个电话回合差一刻九点

There was trouble at a roadhouse out on the Michigan line 有在客栈的麻烦出在密歇根州行

There was a kid on the floor, lookin' bad, bleedin' hard from his head 有在地板上孩子的时候，看着的不好，流血从他的头硬

There was a girl cryin' at a table, it was Frankie, she said 有一个女孩在哭泣，一张桌子，这是弗兰基，她说：

   

I ran out and I jumped in my car, then I hit the lights 我跑了，我跳上我的车，然后我打灯

I must have done about a hundred and ten to Michigan County that night 我一定做了大约一百一十密歇根县那一夜

It was down by the crossroads, out by willow bank 这是下跌的十字路口，由杨柳岸

Seen the Buick with Ohio plates, behind the wheel was Frank 看到别克俄亥俄州板，后面的轮子是弗兰克

   

Well, I chased him through them county roads, 'til the sign said Canadian border five miles from here 好吧，我追他通过这些县道， 直到符号表示，从这里加拿大边境5英里

Pulled over to the side out the highway, watched the taillights disappear 拉过在一旁出高速公路，目送尾灯消失

   

Yeah, me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin', nothin' feels better than blood on blood 是啊，我和弗兰克嘲笑和喝酒 ，没什么感觉比血对血液更好

Takin' turns dancin' with Maria while the band played "The Night of the Johnstown Flood" 羚牛轮流跳舞与玛丽亚，而乐队演奏的“约翰斯敦洪水之夜”

I catch him when he's strayin', like any brother should 我抓住他的时候，他的strayin “ ，像任何兄弟当

Man turns his back on his family, he ain't no good 男子背对他的家庭，他是不是没有好