I'd rather sleep in a box like a bum on the street 我宁愿睡在一个盒子一样在街上流浪汉

Than a fine feather bed without your little ol' cold feet 比罚款羽绒床没有你的小OL “临阵退缩

And I'd rather be deaf, dumb, and stone blind 我宁愿是聋子，哑巴，盲人石

Than to know that your mornings will never be mine 比知道你的早晨永远是我的

   

And I'd rather die young than to live without you 我宁愿死去的年轻不是没有你的生活

I'd rather go hungry than eat lonesome stew 我宁愿挨饿也不吃炖寂寞

You know it's once in a lifetime and it won't come again 你知道这是一生只有一次，也不会再来

It's here and it's gone on a magnolia wind 它在这里，它的消失在玉兰风

   

I'd rather not walk through the garden again 我宁愿不穿过花园走路了

If I can't catch your scent on a magnolia wind 如果我抓不住你的气味在玉兰风

   

Well if it ever comes time that it comes time to go 那么，如果它曾经谈到一次谈到时间去

Sis' pack up your fiddle, Sis' pack up your bow 姐姐“收拾你的小提琴，姐姐”收拾你的弓

If I can't dance with you then I won't dance at all 如果我不能和你一起跳舞，然后我不会跳舞，在所有

I'll just sit this one out with my back to the wall 我就坐在这一个与我的背墙

   

I'd rather not hear pretty music again 我宁愿不听漂亮的音乐再次

If I can't hear your fiddle on a magnolia wind 如果我不能听到木兰风的拨弄

   

If I can't catch your scent on a magnolia wind 如果我抓不住你的气味在玉兰风