Crickets are chirpin', the water is high, 蟋蟀chirpin 的，水是高，

There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry, 有就行了犹豫不决，用柔软的干棉布裙，

Window wide open, African trees 窗户大开，非洲树

Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze. 向后弯腰从飓风风。

Not a word of goodbye, note even a note, 不再见的话，请注意即使一张纸条，

She gone with the man 她走了的人

In the long black coat. 在黑色长大衣。

   

Somebody seen him hanging around 有人看到他挂在

At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town, 就在小镇的郊外古老歌舞厅，

He looked into her eyes when she stopped to ask 他看着她的眼睛，当她停下来问

If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask. 如果他想跳舞，他像一个面具脸。

Somebody said from the Bible he'd quote 有人说，从圣经中他会报

There was dust on the man 有灰尘的男人

In the long black coat. 在黑色长大衣。

   

Preacher was a talkin' there's a sermon he gave, 传道是谈有一个布道，他给了，

He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved, 他说，每个人的良心是邪恶和堕落的，

You cannot depend on it to be your guide 你不能依靠它来当你的向导

When it's you who must keep it satisfied. 当它是你谁必须保持满意。

It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat, 这是不容易吞咽，它附着在喉，

She gave her heart to the man 她把自己的心脏给男人

In the long black coat. 在黑色长大衣。

   

There are no mistakes in life some people say 生活中有没有失误有些人说

It is true sometimes you can see it that way. 这是真的，有时你能看到这样的说法。

Bridge: But people don't live or die, people just float. 桥：但人们不活或死，人只是浮动。

She went with the man 她就跟着那个男人

In the long black coat. 在黑色长大衣。

   

There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June, 有烟在水面上，自六月以来它一直在那里，

Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon 树干连根拔起，照耀下的高新月

Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force 把脉和振动和隆隆力

Somebody is out there beating the dead horse. 有人在那里击败了死马。

She never said nothing there was nothing she wrote, 她从来没有说过什么没有什么，她写道：

She gone with the man 她走了的人

In the long black coat. 在黑色长大衣。