Beggin' your pardon there stranger 开始 ，你说有陌生人

You look like you're new to this town 你看起来像你是新来这个小镇

We're a long way away from the beach here 我们是一个很长的路要走，距离海滩这里

You won't see many gringos around 你不会看到周围很多外国佬

Well I come from West Colorado 好吧，我是来自科罗拉多州的西

And I've wandered this world far and wide 我已经远播逛到这个世界

I've lived for some years in the shadows 我在阴影住了好几年

And my eyes are unused to this light 而我的眼睛不习惯这种光

If you buy me a strong drink of whiskey 如果你给我买威士忌烈酒

I will tell you the tale of my life 我会告诉你我生命的故事

It's long and it's sad but it fits me 它的长，这是可悲的，但它适合我

And it may bring a tear to your eye 它可能带来的撕裂你的眼睛

   

All the men of my family were solidiers 我家所有的人都solidiers

The hard fightin' straight talkin' kind 硬格斗直说样

When my turn came all that was over 当轮到我一切已经结束

But I'd already made up my mind 但我已经下定了决心

I was there when we blew though Grenada 我在那里的时候，我们吹了，虽然格林纳达

And I still have to ask myself why 我还是要问自己，为什么

Then we took down that fool Noriega 然后，我们记下了那个傻瓜诺列加

That's where I caught the good colonel's eye 这就是我赶上了好上校的眼睛

Well he asked me if I loved my country 嗯，他问我，如果我爱我的祖国

And before I had time to reply 还没等我来得及回复

He regaled me with tales of past glories 他款待我，过去的辉煌的故事

I believed every one of his lies í相信每一个他的谎言

   

So I left my old life behind me 所以，我离开了我以前的生活我身后

Turned my back on my family and friends 把我的背我的家人和朋友

And I did everything that they asked me 而我所做的一切，他们问我

And I lost some sleep now and again 我失去了一些睡眠，现在又

And I lived like a thief and assassin 我活得像一个小偷和刺客

I smuggled their poisons sometimes í走私他们有时毒药

Until I asked the wrong question in passin' 直到我问错了问题的passin

   

And the colonel himself dropped the dime 和上校亲自投下了一毛钱

So if you're ever in west Colorado 所以，如果你曾经在西部科罗拉多州

Tell the folks in Durango goodbye 告诉乡亲杜兰戈再见

There's a price on my head and I can't go 还有在我头上的代价，我不能去

So I'll just wait around here 'til I die 所以我就等着在这里，直到我死