Packed up my piano and a suitcase full of clothes 收拾起我的钢琴和一个装满衣服的行李箱

And I went looking for a better place to hide 和我去寻找一个更好的地方躲起来

Ride across the border in a broken down sedan 越过边境骑在一个细分轿车

With a bottle and a rifle on my mind 随着我的脑海一瓶步枪

   

On and on and on and on the miles stretch for hours 和和，并在里程绵延小时

The radio keeps spitting out the tunes 收音机不断吐出的曲调

Every other song is just another tired rhythm 所有其他的歌曲又是另累了节奏

Another tired lover's tune 另一种累了情人的调

   

It's a long, long way back to Nashville 这是一个很长，很长的路回到纳什维尔

Where I come from, where I been 我来自哪里，我在那里一直

It's a long, long way back to Nashville 这是一个很长，很长的路回到纳什维尔

But I promise I will see you again 但我保证，我会再见到你

   

Through the ice and fog this morning the sun is coming up 通过冰与雾今天早晨的太阳来了

I'm standing on the shores of the hudson bay 我站在哈得逊湾的海岸

Over glass fired violet, silence, silence 在玻璃烧制紫，沉默，沉默

Calling up the day 调出天

   

And every man is an island, an island 而每个人都是一座孤岛，一个孤岛

In his own special way 用他自己的特殊方式

There's a white ghost out on the water, the water 有一个白色的幽灵在水面上，水面

With one good song and nothing else to say 有一个很好的歌曲，并没有别的话可说

   

It's a long, long way back to Nashville 这是一个很长，很长的路回到纳什维尔

Where I come from, where I been 我来自哪里，我在那里一直

It's a long, long way back to Nashville 这是一个很长，很长的路回到纳什维尔

But I promise I will see you again 但我保证，我会再见到你

In heaven 在天堂