When I was a young man in Sweetwater Texas 当我还是一个年轻的男子在得克萨斯州斯威特沃特

Just one thing stayed on my mind 只有一件事留在我的脑海

To ride a white horse over Durango Mountain 骑白马过杜兰戈山

And leave Sweetwater Texas behind 离开德克萨斯州Sweetwater的背后

   

Well I turned twenty-one there in Sweetwater Texas 嗯，我在德克萨斯州Sweetwater的翻21有

And just one thing made me stay there 而只有一件事让我呆在那里

I wanted to leave but I was in love with 我想离开，但我爱上了

the girl with the chestnut brown hair 与栗褐色头发的女孩

   

Then there came a time 当时就有一次

when she said she be mine 当她说她是我的

And go any place anytime 去任何地方任何时间

So we rode a gray dog over Durango Mountain 因此，我们骑着灰色的狗在杜兰戈山

And left Sweetwater Texas behind 离开德克萨斯州Sweetwater的背后

   

It was thunderin' and lightin' when we left Nolan County 据thunderin “和lightin ”当我们离开诺兰县

And the bus rolled along through the night 而公交车在夜间沿轧制

And ole thirty-six was a magic black demon 和OLE 36是一个神奇的黑色恶魔

leading towards the cities bright lights 领导对城市明亮的灯光

   

It was ten in the mornin' when we rolled in to Houston 这是10的早上，当我们推出在休斯顿

Our hopes were as high as the sky 我们的希望是那么高的天空

But hopes turned to weeks, then to years, and then forever 但希望转向周，再到年，然后永远

I never knew how fast time goes by 我从来不知道有多快时间的推移，

   

And there was cowboys sellin' cars 并有牛仔出卖汽车

and country girls in bars 和村姑在酒吧

Somehow it just don't seem fair 不知怎的，它只是似乎并不公平

And I wanted to die 'cause I knew I was losin' 我想死，因为我知道我失去感到

The girl with the chestnut brown hair 与栗褐色头发的女孩

   

So many times I said 所以很多时候我说

I would rather be dead 我宁可死

than to take "downs" to go to bed 而不是采取“落”上床

and "ups" to clear my head 和“窗口”，以清除我的头

   

And if the good Lord see the way 如果好耶看到的样子

to let me live one more day 让我一天又一天

I'm so tired of being alone 我很厌倦了独自一人

Gonna ride a white horse over Durango Mountain 要骑白马过杜兰戈山

And make Sweetwater Texas my home 并德克萨斯州Sweetwater的我的家