Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming up the river, 看的出来，妈妈，有一个白色的船来了河里，

with a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail 用大红色的灯塔和旗帜，一名男子在轨道上

I think you'd better call John 我想你最好打电话约翰

'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail 导致它看上去并不像他们在这里投递邮件

And it's less than a mile away 而且它的不到一英里远

I hope they didn't come to stay 我希望他们不来住

It's got numbers on the side and a gun, 它有侧面和枪号，

and it's making big waves 并且它使大浪

   

Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains 爸爸走了，我弟弟的外出打猎，在山上

Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy Lou 大约翰一直在喝，因为河里了艾美奖楼

So the powers that be left me here to do all the thinking 所以说在这里给我留下的权力来完成所有的思维

And I just turned twenty-two 我刚满22

I was wondering what to do 我不知道该怎么办

And the closer they got, 越接近他们得到了，

The more those feelings grew 越是那些感受成长

   

Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring 爸爸的枪拿在手中感觉让人放心

He told me, 'Red means run, Son, numbers add up to nothing' 他告诉我， 红色代表来说，儿子，数字加起来就是什么“

But when that first shot hit the dock, I saw it coming 但是，当第一次射门打在了码头，我看到它的到来

Raised the rifle to my eye 提出的步枪到我的眼睛

Never stopped to wonder why 从来没有停止过想知道为什么

Then I saw black and my face flash in the sky 然后，我看见了黑色的，我的脸上闪过天空

   

Shelter me from the powder and the finger 保护我从粉末和手指

Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger 掩护我与扣动扳机的思想

Just think of me as one you never figured, 只是把我当成一个你从来没有想通，

to fade away so young 消失了这么年轻

with so much left undone 有这么多的百废待兴

Remember me to my love 请代我向我的爱

I know I'll miss her 我知道我会想念她