When I was a young man beginnin' my teens 当我还年轻的时候搁“我十几岁

How well I remember the lickin's I'd get cause I'd dream 我怎么也记得lickin的我会得到，因为我想要的梦想

My work never finished, barely begun 我的工作永远不会结束，才刚刚开始

I couldn't get started till all of my dreamin' was done 我无法开始，直到我所有梦中的“做

   

I wouldn't shuck cotton', I wouldn't chop wood 我不会剥去棉 ，我不会砍木头

And Pa would whip me and say that's for bein' no good 和PA会鞭打我，说那是拜因“没有好

But I kept chasin' rainbows, finally I found 但我一直追赶彩虹，终于让我找到

The great open range and the hills were my best dreamin' ground 伟大的开放范围和小山是我最好的梦中情人地面

   

When I left the home place our Mother did cry 当我离开家的地方我们的母亲没有哭

She begged me to stay there and not say goodbye 她求我呆在那里，不说再见

My Pa told my Mother, your tears are in vain 我爸告诉我的母亲，你的眼泪是徒劳的

Your son is a dreamer and the winds call his name 你的儿子是个梦想家，风叫他的名字

   

So don't try to stop him, let him move on 所以，不要试图阻止他，让他继续前进

'Cause he won't stop his driftin' “因为他不会停止自己的driftin ”

Till all of his dreamin' is gone 直到他的所有梦中的“是走了

   

Last night in a campfire a face I did see 昨天晚上在篝火旁一张脸我没看到

A vision of Mother, she seemed to be callin' to me 母亲的眼光，她似乎在呼唤“给我

For seventeen years now, I've drifted alone 对于十七年来，我独自漂流

But I wanna see Mother, tomorrow I start driftin' home 不过，我想看看妈妈，明天我就driftin的家

   

The last hill I've climbed now, and what do I see 过去的山上，我现在已经爬，又哪里喔

An old run down shack where the ranch used to be 一位老跑下来窝棚那里的农场曾经是

Then I see a tombstone and then see one more 然后，我看到了墓碑，然后看到一个更多

I drifted too long from the old ranch house door í漂流太久旧低矮平房的门

   

There's nothin' more left now but driftin', it seems 有没什么更多的左边，但现在driftin “ ，似乎

But I hope I can dream of the lickin's I'd get 但我希望我能梦想的lickin的我会得到

'Cause I'd dream 因为我的梦想