My daddy was an honest man, just a redneck Georgia farm boy 我的爸爸是个老实人，只是一个乡下人格鲁吉亚的农家子弟

My momma spent her short life, raisin' kids and bailin' hay 我的妈妈度过了她短暂的一生，葡萄干孩子和柏林“干草

And I was just fifteen when I ached inside to wonder 而我才十五岁的时候我疼里面不知道

So I hoped a freight in Waycross and I rode it to L.A. 所以，我希望在韦克罗斯货运和我骑它到洛杉矶

   

Well, I met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco's Maybel Joy 好吧，我遇到了著名的地带作为旧金山的Maybel欢乐的女孩

Destitutions child, born on a L.A. street called Shane Destitutions的孩子，出生在洛杉矶的街道叫谢恩

And sleep came and left this little Waycross Georgia country boy 和睡眠来了，离开了这个小韦克罗斯格鲁吉亚乡村男孩

Maybel Joy was gone, Lord, I'd never see her again Maybel喜悦不见了，主啊，我再也见不到她了

   

Growin' up came quietly in the arms of Maybel Joy 慢慢生长起来悄悄的走了进来Maybel喜悦的怀抱

Laughter found our morning's, brought new meaning to my life 笑声发现我们早上的，带来了新的含义为我的生活

I woke up one day, Lord to find that I was by myself 我醒来的一天，主发现，我是我自己

With dreams of Georgia cotton and California wine 与格鲁吉亚棉花和加州葡萄酒的梦想

   

Sunday mornin' found me standin' 'neath the red-light of her door 周日早上，发现我站在照耀下，红色光找上门

Right 'cross sent me reelin', laid me face down on the floor 正确的“十字派我颤” ，奠定了我的面朝下放在地板上

In place of Maybel Joy I found a merchant mad marine 在地方Maybel喜悦，我发现一个商家疯狂的海洋

Who said, "Your Georgia neck is red but son you're still green" 是谁说过：“你的脖子格是红色的，但儿子你还绿”

   

Well, I turned twenty one in gray rock federal prison 嗯，我在灰色的岩石联邦监狱变成21

The judge, he had no mercy on this Waycross, Georgia boy 法官，他没有怜悯这个韦克罗斯，佐治亚州的男孩

Sometimes at night in silence, Lord, I'd listen 有时晚上不语，主啊，我会听

That same old freight to take me back to Maybel Joy 同样的大货车带我回Maybel喜悦

   

Cold nights had no pity on this Waycross, Georgia farm boy 冷夜没有怜悯这个韦克罗斯，佐治亚州的农场男孩

Springtime turned to summer and then the winter came 春天变成夏天，然后冬天来了

Starin' at those four gray walls in silence, Lord, I'd listen 盯着“在沉默，主这四个灰色的墙，我会听

Somewhere in the distance to the whistle of the train 某处在距离火车的汽笛

   

Sunday morning found me lying 'neath the red light of her door 星期天早上发现我躺在照耀下红灯找上门的

With a bullet in my side I cried, "Have you seen Maybel Joy?" 在我的身边，我哭了一颗子弹， “你有没有见过Maybel喜悦？ ”

Stunned and shaken someone said, "Son, she don't live here no more" 震惊和震撼，有人说， “儿子，她并不住在这里没有更多的”

She left this town ten years ago, I heard she's looking for 她十年前离开了这个城市，我听说她在寻找

Some Georgia farm boy" 一些格鲁吉亚的农家子弟“