Found myself heading down toward Springfield 发现自己标题下向斯普林菲尔德

The last sign said it was twelve miles west 最后一个标志说，这是12英里西

It's gettin' hard to see through the salt on my windshield 这是刚开了难看透我的挡风玻璃盐

But it looks like I'm gonna make it before the sun sets 但它看起来像我要在太阳下山之前，使

The morning I arrived was Lincoln's birthday 我到了早晨林肯的生日

So I walked through his house and saw his tomb 于是我走过他家，看到他的墓

I decided that a tour through the Civil War Memorial Museum would be a drag 我决定参观过南北战争纪念博物馆将是一个拖累

I was tired of seeing monuments about other men's doom 我厌倦了看到关于其他人的厄运遗迹

   

Now I don't want you people to think that all there is around Springfield Illinois 现在，我不想让你的人认为所有有各地伊利诺伊州斯普林菲尔德

Are landmarks telling `bout the good old Lincoln years 是地标告诉`回合历久弥新林肯年

Cus just north of town I saw a sign that said the Illinois Opry is open tonight CUS镇以北我看到一个牌子，上面写着伊利诺伊州大剧院今晚开

And the sweet sound of country music filled my ears 和乡村音乐的甜美的声音充满了我的耳朵

   

And I want to be a star in the Illinois Opry now 我想是在伊利诺伊州的大剧院是一个明星了

The people in the country certainly know how to play 该国的人肯定知道怎么玩

It may be a while before I'm ready 这可能是一段时间之前，我已经准备好了

But I'm gonna be up on that stage someday 不过，我要达到这个舞台有一天

   

I could easily write a whole song about the licks that guitar man was pickin' 我可以很容易地编写有关吉他的男子捡的舔整首歌曲

I could go on for hours `bout the old boy on pedal steel 我可以持续好几个小时`回合老男孩踏板钢

But I'm not singing `bout people who were just playin' music 但我不会唱歌布特人谁只是在玩“音乐

I'm singing about how fine their music made me feel 我唱的那么美妙的音乐让我感觉

   

There's a lot of people who have taken years of lessons 有很多谁已多年经验的人

Trying to learn how to make their music fit the trend 努力学习如何使他们的音乐配合潮流

But the simple folks at the Opry have got somethin' special 但简单的乡亲在大剧院已经得到了事端特殊

And I think that we all could use a lesson or two from them 我认为，我们都可以用一两个教训他们

   

And I want to be a star in the Illinois Opry now 我想是在伊利诺伊州的大剧院是一个明星了

The people in the country certainly know how to play 该国的人肯定知道怎么玩

It maybe a while before I'm ready 这也许之前我已经准备好了一段时间

But I'm gonna be up on that stage someday 不过，我要达到这个舞台有一天