I grew up in a town where tough was a cigarette 我在一个小镇长大，在那里艰难的是香烟

And a souped up car on a county road 和改装成了赛车在县道

Nothin' much to do back then 没什么大有文章可做当时

So we'd make bets 所以我们会做赌注

On how much drink a guy could hold 一个人可以喝多少持有

And I held my own 我握着我自己

Learn to hold my own 学会握住我自己

   

Daddy works some dead-end job at the concrete plant 爸爸的工作原理有些穷途末路的工作在混凝土厂

Mama taught the Sunday bible class 妈妈教周日圣经班

For eighteen years I remember thinkin' 十八年，我记得在想'

There was more to life than that 还有的则是更多的生命

So I ran the streets to beat the Devil 于是我就在街上打魔鬼

Goin' just as fast as I could fly 布莱恩'一样快，因为我能飞

'Cause I came here to live 因为我来这里住

I didn't come here to die 我不是来这里死

   

Mama used to wait for me with the porch light on 妈妈用来在等我的门廊灯

Worried about her little boy 'til I got home 担心她的小男孩，直到我回家

Daddy he'd say listen son 爸爸他会说听儿子

But back then there wasn't much 但当时没有太多

That I didn't already know 我还不知道

   

I reckon I was doing close to 80 我觉得我在做接近80

When I felt the tire slip out from under me 当我感受到了从轮胎下我溜出去

And I never set out lookin' for Jesus 我从来没有载追寻的耶稣

So I guess Jesus come lookin' for me 所以我想，耶稣来追寻的我

And He found me upset down in a ditch 他发现了我在一条沟里倒爆冷

Smokin' gas in my eyes 斯莫'在我眼里气

And He said son you came here to live 他说儿子你来这里住

You didn't come here to die 你没来这里死

   

Sunday morning I got up and I went to church 星期天早上，我起床，我去教堂

That summer I got a job and I went to work 那年夏天，我得到了一份工作，我去上班

Met a girl in town put some money down 在镇上遇到一个女孩把一些钱下来

On a little house with a yard 在一个小房子，一个院子

   

Our little boy was due in September 九月份我们的小男孩是因为

But he came early in July 但他在七月初来

For eighteen days all I remember 对于18天我所记得的

Was settin' there at his side 在他身边被设置搜索'有

Sayin' son open up your eyes 言谈的儿子打开你的眼睛

Just open up your eyes 只要打开你的眼睛

'Cause you came here to live “因为你来这里住

You didn't come here to die 你没来这里死

Son you came here to live 儿子，你来这里住