A long time ago came a man on a track 很久以前就一个人在轨道上

Walking thirty miles with a pack on his back 走30英里用在他的背上一包

And he put down his load where he thought it was the best 他放下了他的负荷，他认为这是最好的

Made a home in the wilderness 发了家，在旷野

He built a cabin and a winter store 他建立了一间小木屋和冬季专卖店

And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore 他拨了地面受冷湖岸边

And the other travellers came riding down the track 和其他旅客来到骑走下赛场

And they never went further, no, they never went back 他们从来没有更进一步，没有，他们再也没有回去

Then came the churches then came the schools 随后赶来的教堂，然后来到学校

Then came the lawyers then came the rules 随后赶来的律师，随后而来的规则

Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads 随后而来的火车和卡车的负荷

And the dirty old track was the telegraph road 和肮脏的旧迹是电报路

   

Then came the mines - then came the ore 随后赶来的矿山 - 然后来到矿

Then there was the hard times then there was a war 然后有那么困难的时候有一场战争

Telegraph sang a song about the world outside 电报唱起了歌外面的世界

Telegraph road got so deep and so wide 电报路有这么深，这么广

Like a rolling river. . . 像滔滔江水。 。 。

   

And my radio says tonight it's gonna freeze 我的电台说，今晚这会冻结

People driving home from the factories 人开车回家，从工厂

There's six lanes of traffic 有交通六车道

Three lanes moving slow. . . 三车道移动缓慢。 。 。

   

I used to like to go to work but they shut it down 我以前喜欢去工作，但他们将它关闭

I got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found 我有权利去工作，但这里没有工作可寻

Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed 是的，他们说我们得付出什么样的欠

We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed 我们就要有一些种子的播种已经收获

And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles 鸟儿上的电线和电线杆

They can always fly away from this rain and this cold 他们总能飞离这雨，这冷

You can hear them singing out their telegraph code 你可以听到他们唱他们的电报码

All the way down the telegraph road 一路下来，电报路

   

You know I'd sooner forget but I remember those nights 你知道我迟早会忘记，但我还记得那些夜晚

When life was just a bet on a race between the lights 当生命只是一个赌注上的灯之间的竞争

You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair 你有你的头靠在我的肩膀上，你有你的手在我的头发

Now you act a little colder like you don't seem to care 现在，你的行为有点冷像你似乎并不关心

But believe in me baby and I'll take you away 但相信我，宝贝，我会带你走

From out of this darkness and into the day 从走出这个黑暗，进入天

From these rivers of headlights these rivers of rain 从大灯雨这些河流的这些河流

From the anger that lives on the streets with these names 从住在这些名字街头的愤怒

'cos I've run every red light on memory lane 因为我碰到的每个红灯的记忆里

I've seen desperation explode into flames 我已经看到了绝望爆炸起火

And I don't want to see it again. . . 我不想再看到它。 。 。

   

From all of these signs saying sorry but we're closed 所有这些迹象表示遗憾，但我们正在关闭

All the way down the telegraph road 一路下来，电报路