Papa drove a truck nearly all his life 爸爸开着一辆卡车，几乎所有他的生活

You know it drove mama crazy being a trucker's wife 你知道这是妈妈开车疯狂的是一个卡车司机的妻子

The part she couldn't handle was the being alone 她无法处理的部分是孤独

I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone 我猜持有不仅仅是一个电话，她需要更多的

Papa called Mama each and every night 爸爸叫妈妈每一个夜晚

Just to ask her how she was and if us kids were alright 只是问她怎么了，如果我们的孩子们好吗

Mama would wait for that call to come in 妈妈会等待该呼叫进来

When Daddy'd hang up she was gone again 当Daddyd挂断电话，她又走了

   

Mama was a looker 妈妈是个美人儿

Lord, how she shined 主啊，她怎么照

Papa was a good'n 爸爸是个goodn

But the jealous kind 但那种嫉妒

Papa loved Mama 爸爸爱妈妈

Mama loved men 妈妈爱的男人

Mama's in the graveyard 妈妈的在墓地

Papa's in the pen 爸爸在笔

   

Well it was bound to happen and one night it did 那么它必定会发生，一个晚上就做了

Papa came home and it was just us kids 爸爸回到家，这只是我们的孩子

He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine 他有一打玫瑰和一瓶酒

If he was lookin' to surprise us he was doin' fine 如果他找钱给我们惊喜，他上来的罚款

I heard him cry for Mama up and down the hall 我听到他哭妈妈上下大厅

Then I heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall 然后我听到反对的卧室墙上的瓶子破

That old diesel engine made an eerie sound 旧柴油机做一个怪异的声音

When Papa fired it up and headed into town 当爸爸解雇了起来，为首进城

   

Well the picture in the paper showed the scene real well 以及图片的文件显示，现场真正的好

Papa's rig was buried in the local motel 爸爸的钻机被埋葬在当地的旅馆

The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear 前台服务员说，他看到这一切真清楚

He never hit the brakes and he was shifting gears 他从来不踩刹车，他被换档

   

Mama was a looker 妈妈是个美人儿

Lord, how she shined 主啊，她怎么照

Papa was a good'n 爸爸是个goodn

But the jealous kind 但那种嫉妒

Papa loved Mama 爸爸爱妈妈

Mama loved men 妈妈爱的男人

Mama's in the graveyard 妈妈的在墓地

Papa's in the pen 爸爸在笔