Livin' on the road my friend 在路上我的朋友在活着

Was gonna keep you free and clean 本来打算让你自由和清洁

Now you wear skin like iron 现在，你穿的皮肤像铁

And your breath's as hard as kerosene 和你的呼吸的坚硬如煤油

You weren't your mama's only boy 你是不是你妈妈的唯一的男孩

But her favorite one it seems 但她最喜欢的似乎

She began to cry when you said goodbye 她哭了起来，当你说再见

And sank into your dreams 并陷入你的梦想

   

Pancho was a bandit, boys 潘乔是一个土匪，男生

His horse was fast as polished steel 他的马是快如抛光钢

Wore his gun outside his pants 穿着他的枪他的外裤

For all the honest world to feel 对于所有的诚信天下的感觉

Well, Pancho met his match you know 那么，潘乔遇见了他的比赛，你知道

On the deserts down in Mexico 在墨西哥沙漠下来

And nobody heard his dyin' words 没有人听到他快要枯萎的话

Ah but that's the way it goes 啊，但是这是不言而喻的方式

   

All the Federales say 所有Federales说

Could of had him any day 对能有他的任何一天

Only let him any day 只能让他的任何一天

Hang around 流连

Out of kindness I suppose 出于好心，我想

   

Lefty, he can't sing the blues 左撇子，他不能唱衰

All night long like he used to 整整一夜，他喜欢用

The dust that Pancho bit down south 灰尘是潘乔位南下

Ended up in Lefty's mouth 结束了在左撇子的嘴

The day they laid poor Pancho low 这一天，他们奠定了可怜的潘乔低

Lefty split for Ohio 左撇子拆分为俄亥俄

Where he got the bread to gop 在那里，他得到了面包GOP

There ain't nobody knows 没有人知道

   

Well, the poets tell how Pancho fell 那么，诗人告诉潘乔怎么跌

And Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel 而左撇子在一个便宜的旅馆活着

The dessert's quiet and Cleveland's cold 甜点的安静和克里夫兰骑士队的冷

So the story end's, we're told 所以，这个故事结束的，我们被告知

Pancho needs your prayer's it's true 潘乔需要你的祷告的这是真的

But save a few for Lefty too 但节省几对左撇子太

He just did what he had to do 他只是做了他必须做

And now he's growin' old 现在他慢慢生长老

A few gray Federales say 几个灰色的Federales说

Could have had him any day 可以有他的任何一天

Only let him go so long 只有让他走那么久

Out of kindness I suppose 出于好心，我想