Mary Alice had a baby and he looked just like I did 玛丽·爱丽丝生了一个孩子，他看起来只是像我一样

We got married on a Monday and I been working ever since 我们结婚是星期一，我一直以来

Every week down at the Ford Plant but now they say they're shutting down 每个星期下来，在福特工厂，但现在他们说，他们正在关闭

Goddamned Reagan in the White House and no one there gives a damn 该死的里根在白宫与一个人也没有给一个该死的

   

Double Digit unemployment, TVA be shutting soon 两位数的失业率， TVA将很快关闭

While over there in Huntsville, They puttin' people on the moon 虽然那边的亨茨维尔，他们puttin “人在月球上

   

So I took to runnin' numbers for this man I used to know 于是我走上天边号码这个人我以前就知道

And I sell a few narcotics and I sell a little blow 我卖几毒品，我卖了一点打击

I ain't getting rich now but I'm gettin' more than by 我是不是发财了，但我刚开了以上乘

It's really tough to make a living but a man just got to try 这真的很艰难谋生，但是一个人刚刚尝试

   

If I died in Colbert County, Would it make the evening news? 如果我在科尔伯特县死了，难道让晚间新闻？

They too busy blowin' rockets, Puttin' people on the moon 他们太忙吹火箭， Puttin “人在月球上

   

Mary Alice quit askin' why I do the things I do 玛丽·爱丽丝不干地问：“为什么我做的事情我做的

I ain't sayin' that she likes it, but what else I'm gonna do? 我是不是在说她喜欢它，但还有什么，我该怎么办？

If I could solve the world's problems I'd probably start with hers and mine 如果我能解决世界的问题，我可能会开始与她和我

But they can put a man on the moon 但是，他们可以把一个人送上月球

And I'm stuck in Muscle Shoals just barely scraping by 而我陷在肌肉浅滩刚好刮

   

Mary Alice got cancer just like everybody here 玛丽·爱丽丝得了癌症一样，每个人都在这里

Seems everyone I know is gettin' cancer every year 似乎每个人都知道是刚开了癌症，每年

And we can't afford no insurance, I been 10 years unemployed 而我们不能没有保险，我已有10年的失业

So she didn't get no chemo so our lives was destroyed 所以，她没有得到任何的化疗使我们的生活被摧毁

And nothin' ever changes, the cemetery gets more full 而且什么也没改变过，墓地变得更加饱满

And now over there in Huntsville, even NASA's shut down too 现在那边的亨茨维尔，甚至美国宇航局关闭过

   

Another Joker in the White House, said a change was comin' round 白宫另一位小丑，说的变化是科曼轮

But I'm still workin' at The Wal Mart and Mary Alice, in the ground 但我仍然干活在沃尔玛和玛丽爱丽丝，在地下

And all them politicians, they all lyin' sacks of shit 和狗屎的所有这些政客，他们都说谎麻袋

They say better days upon us but I'm sucking left hind tit 他们更好的日子在我们说的，但我吸左后肢针锋相对

And the preacher on the TV says it ain't too late for me 和电视上的传道人说，这是不是太晚了我

But I bet he drives a Cadillac and I'm broke with some hungry mouths to feed 但我敢打赌，他开着一辆凯迪拉克，我打破了一些饥饿的嘴巴喂

   

I wish I'z still an outlaw, was a better way of life 我想Iz仍然是一个逃犯，是生活的一个更好的办法

I could clothe and feed my family still have time to love my pretty wife 我可以穿给我的家人还有时间来爱我的漂亮老婆

And if you say I'm being punished. Ain't he got better things to do? 如果你说我被惩罚。是不是他有更好的事情要做？

Turnin' mountains into oceans Puttin' people on the moon 撇开山到海洋Puttin “人在月球上

   

Turnin' mountains into oceans Puttin' people on the moon 撇开山到海洋Puttin “人在月球上