I wanna sing this song for a friend of ours 我想唱这首歌给我们的朋友

His picture was in all the papers 他的照片是在所有文件

They said that a legend had passed 他们说，一个传奇已经过去了

The late evenin' news did a special report 后期evenin “新闻做了一个专题报告

And swore that his mem'ry would last 并发誓说他memry将持续

They're playin' his records all weekend 他们在表演着自己的记录所有的周末

Praisin' the life that he lived Praisin “ ，他过的生活

Nashville is rough on the livin' 纳什维尔是粗糙的活着

But she really speaks well of the dead. 但她真的好话死。

   

The wife that they interviewed cried 他们采访的妻子哭了

Is the same one who left him last fall 是同一个谁离开了他去年秋天

And the record producer who called him a hero 和唱片制作人谁称他为英雄

Is the one who wouldn't answer his calls 是一个谁也不会回答他的电话

The ladies they sit over coffee 他们坐下喝咖啡的女士

Braggin' bout sharin' his bed Braggin 回合sharin 他的床

They didn't want him around when he's livin' 他们不想让他身边的时候，他是活着

But he's sure a good friend when he's dead. 但他肯定有很好的朋友，当他死了。

   

They observed twenty seconds of silence 他们观察到20秒的沉默

At the Opry on Saturday night 在上周六晚在大剧院

And they're searchin' the bars and the basements 他们正在Searchin的酒吧和地下室

For some souvenir of his life. 对于自己生活中的一些纪念品。

   

They're plannin' a book for September 他们在规划中“一书，为九月

Showin' his plain country roots 舒他淳朴的根

Any they're sellin' the rights to the movie 任他们出卖的权利，电影

And the Hall of Fame's gettin' his boots 名人堂的刚开了他的靴子大厅

At the funeral somebody recited a poem 在葬礼上有人朗诵了一首诗

That told how he suffered and bled 这对他是如何遭受流血

Nashville is rough on the livin' 纳什维尔是粗糙的活着

But she really speaks well of the dead. 但她真的好话死。

   

Yeah, Nashville is rough on the livin' 是啊，纳什维尔是粗糙的活着

But she really speaks well of the dead... 但她真的好话死...