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I never picked cotton 我从来不捡棉花

But my mother did 但是我的母亲做了

And my brother did 和我弟弟做

And my sister did 妹妹做

And my daddy died young 而我的爸爸早逝

Workin' in the coal mine 干活的煤矿

   

When I was just a baby 当我还是个孩子

Too little for a cotton sack 太少了棉麻袋

I played in the dirt 我在泥土打

While the others worked 而其他工作

'Til they couldn't straighten up their backs 直到他们无法再收拾他们的背影

I made myself a promise 我自己做的承诺

When I was big enough to run 当我长大了能运行

That I'd never stay a single day 我从来没有留一天

In that Oklahoma sun 在俄克拉何马州的太阳

   

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Folks said I grew up early 乡亲们说，我长大了早

And that the farm couldn't hold me then so 而该农场不能抱我，然后让

I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck 我偷了10块钱，一辆皮卡车

And I never went back again 我从来没有回来

Then it was fast cars and whiskey 然后是快速的汽车和威士忌

Long haired girls and fun 长头发的女孩和乐趣

I had everything that money could bring 我拥有了一切，金钱能带来

And I took it all with a gun 我把一切都带了一把枪

   

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It was Saturday night in Memphis 这是星期六晚上在孟菲斯

When a redneck grabbed my shirt 当一个乡下人抓住了我的球衣

When he said go back to your cotton sack 当他说回到你的口袋棉

I left him dying in the dirt 我离开他死在污垢

They'll take me in the morning 他们会带我在早上

To the gallos just outside 到加洛什外面

And in the time I got 而在当时我得到了

There ain't a hell of alot 没有很多的地狱

That I can look back on with pride 我可以回顾与骄傲

   

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