Well I woke up this morning when the cold Chicago wind 早上好，我醒来的时候寒冷的芝加哥风

Blew my newspaper blanket off my back 吹我的毛毯报纸把我的背

Through my dirty broken window the grey sun filtered in 通过我的脏破窗灰过滤阳光中

As I dreamed about the Southbound railroad track 我梦见了向南的铁轨

I could almost hear the crickets in a sleepy cottonfield 我几乎可以听到蟋蟀在昏昏欲睡cottonfield

As daddy drove our vagon to Virgin 由于爸爸开车我们Vagon酒店为处女

But today I'd give a fortune for a twenty five cent meal 但是，今天我给了一笔为25美分一顿

And I wish I was a country boy again 我想我又是个乡下孩子

So let me ride on the Southbound 因此，让我骑在南行

Back to where I came from I don't care or where I am 回到我从哪里来，我不关心或者我在哪里

So let me ride on the Southbound and put me off somewhere near Birmingham 因此，让我骑在南向，并把我关在某处伯明翰附近

   

What happened to my vision of a mansion on a hill 发生了什么事给我的一个豪宅的眼光在一座小山上

And the fame and fortune I came here to win 和名利我来到这里取胜

I've got nothing but the roaches running cross my window sill 我有什么，但运行过我的窗台蟑螂

And I wish I was a country boy again 我想我又是个乡下孩子

So let me ride ... 所以，让我骑...