Pink blossoms on the Mimosa trees 在含羞草树粉红色花朵

Cicadas dancing soft and sweet 蝉跳舞软又甜

Sweat on his neck in the summer heat 在炎炎夏日汗水在他的脖子上

Kissin' the preacher's daughter 亲吻牧师的女儿

   

Headlights flashing in their eyes 头灯闪烁在他们的眼中

The shadow of a face they recognized 一张脸，他们认可的阴影

A single shot split the night 单杆夜拆

Footsteps in muddy water 在浑水的脚步

   

And the sun came up like the day before 而太阳升起来像前一天

And her sheets hadn't been turned down 而她的表没有被拒绝

And the boy turned up downstream on the rocks 而男孩止跌回升的岩石上下游

Two miles outside of town 两英里外的小镇

She was leavin' church in a white sundress 她要走了教堂的白色背心裙

Last time anybody saw her 最后一次有人看到她

Oh, what's become of the preacher's daughter 哦，这是怎么成为牧师的女儿

   

One-eyed woman with her tarot cards 独眼女子与她的塔罗牌

Said she ain't comin' back but she ain't gone far 说她不会回来，但她并没有走多远

The devil's a liar and he drives a car 魔鬼的骗子，他驾驶汽车

Somewhere in Catahoula County 某处在Catahoula县

   

Then the sun came up like the day before 这时太阳出来像前一天

And her sheets hadn't been turned down 而她的表没有被拒绝

And the search dogs barked on the day they laid 而搜狗在狂吠，他们奠定了天

Her first love in the ground 在地面，她的初恋情人

The preacher's knees buckled in the heat 传道人的膝盖扣在热

So the deacon took over 所以执事接手

And said "let us pray for the preacher's daughter" 并说：“让我们祈祷牧师的女儿”

   

Blue lights flashin' on the riverbank 蓝色的灯光在河岸flashin “

They held their breath as they dragged the chains 他们都屏住了呼吸，因为他们拖链

Hearts all sank when her beautiful face 所有的心一沉，当她美丽的脸

Came up out of the water 就从水里上来的

   

Through her tangled hair they could see 通过她乱蓬蓬的头发，他们能看到

She was missing one earring 她缺少一个耳环

Found the other in the back seat of the car 发现对方在汽车后座

Of the deacon that couldn't have her 执事的，可能没有她

   

And the sun came up like the day before 而太阳升起来像前一天

And her sheets hadn't been turned down 而她的表没有被拒绝

When they slapped the cuffs on the deacon's wrists 当他们在执事的手腕掌掴袖口

You could hear it all over town 你可以听到全城

And the headlines read "Justice At Last 和标题写着“司法最后

Up From The Muddy Water... 从浑水...

The Resurrection of the Preacher's Daughter" 牧师的女儿复活“