His daddy was an honest man a red dirt Georgia farmer 他的爸爸是个老实人一个红色的泥土格鲁吉亚农民

His mama lived her young life having kids and bailing hay 有她年轻的生命的孩子，想逃干草他妈住

He had fifteen years and an ache inside to wander 他有十五年的疼痛中漫步

Jumped a freight in Waycross and wound up in LA. 跳上一列货运韦克罗斯和在洛杉矶结束了。

   

The cold nights had no pity on that Waycross Georgia farm boy 冷夜对的韦克罗斯格鲁吉亚农家子弟没有怜悯

Most days he went hungry then the summer came 他挨饿大多数日子里，然后夏天来了

He met a girl known on the Strip as San Francisco's Mabel Joy 他会见了著名的地带作为旧金山的美宝欢乐的女孩

Destitution's child born on an LA street called Shame. 出生于洛杉矶的街道贫困的孩子叫耻辱。

   

Growing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy 在美宝乐的怀里长大悄悄地来到

Laughter found the mornings that brought the meaning to his life 笑声发现，所带来的意义，他的人生早晨

Night before she left sleep came and found that Waycross country boy 她离开的前一天晚上的睡眠来了，发现韦克罗斯乡下孩子

With dreams of Georgia cotton and a California wife. 与格鲁吉亚的棉花和加利福尼亚妻子的梦想。

   

Sunday morning found him neath the red light at her door 星期天早上发现他尼思红灯找上门

A right cross sent him reelin' and put him face down on the floor 一个右横送他颤“ ，并把他面朝下放在地板上

In place of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine 在地方梅布尔喜悦，他发现一个商家疯狂的海洋

He said your Georgia neck is red but Sonny you're still green. 他说，格鲁吉亚的脖子是红色的，但桑尼你还是绿色的。

   

He turned twenty one in a grey rock Federal prison 他转身21在一个灰色的岩石联邦监狱

The judge had no mercy on this Waycross Georgia boy 法官没有怜悯这个韦克罗斯格鲁吉亚男孩

Starin' at those four grey walls in silnce Lord he'd listen 盯着“在silnce主这四个灰色的墙壁，他会听

To the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy. 要他知道可以带他回美宝乐午夜运费。

   

Sunday morning found him neath the red light at her door 星期天早上发现他尼思红灯找上门

With a bullet in his side he cried have you seen Mabel Joy 在他身边的一颗子弹，他哭了，你见过美宝乐

Stunned and shaken someone said she don't live here no more 震惊和动摇的人说，她并不住在这里没有更多的

She left this house four years ago she was lookin' for some Georgia farm boy... 她离开了这个家，四年前她在追寻的一些格鲁吉亚的农家子弟...