He rode the rails since the Great Depression 他骑在铁轨大萧条以来

Fifty years out on the skids 五十年代出的垫木

He said "You don't cross nobody 他说： “你不跨越人

You'll be all right out here kid." 你会没事在这里的孩子。 “

   

Left my family in Pennsylvania 离开了我的家在宾夕法尼亚

Searchin' for work I hit the road Searchin的的工作，我上路了

I met Frank in East Texas 我东德克萨斯州遇到了弗兰克

In a freight yard blown through with snow 在货场，通过吹雪

From New Mexico to Colorado 从新墨西哥到科罗拉多州

California to the sea 加州海

Frank he showed me the ropes sir 弗兰克，他向我展示了绳索先生

Just till I could get back on my feet 只是，直到我能拿回我的脚

   

I hoed sugar beets outside of Firebaugh í锄格伦菲尔鲍之外甜菜

I picked the peaches from the Marysville trees 我从马里斯维尔树上摘下的桃子

They bunked us in a barn just like animals 他们bunked我们就像动物谷仓

Me and a hundred others just like me 我和一百个其他人只是喜欢我

   

We split up come the springtime 我们分头行动来春天

I never seen Frank again 我再也没有见过弗兰克

'Cept one rainy night he blew by me on a grainer “ CEPT一个下雨的晚上，他吹了我一个颗粒感

Shouted my name and disappeared in the rain and wind 喊我的名字，消失在风雨

   

They found him shot dead outside of Stockton 他们发现他击毙外斯托克顿

His body lyin' on a muddy hill 在泥泞的山上他的身体说谎“

Nothin' taken nothin' stolen 什么也没采取什么也没偷

Somebody killin' just to kill 有人杀人只是杀死

   

Late that summer I was rollin' through the plains of Texas 逾期那年夏天我是罗林通过德州平原

A vision passed before my eyes 在我的眼前通过的愿景

A small house sittin' trackside 小房子正坐在赛道

With the glow of the savior's beautiful light 随着救世主的美丽的光芒焕发

A woman stood cookin' in the kitchen 一个女人站在乱打“在厨房

Kid sat at a table with his old man 孩子坐在一张桌子旁与他的老男人

Now I wonder does my son miss me 现在我不知道是否我的儿子想念我

Does he wonder where I am 难道他不知道我在哪里

   

Tonight I pick my campsite carefully 今晚，我仔细挑选我的露营地

Outside the Sacramento yard 外面的院子里萨克拉门托

Gather some wood and light a fire 收集一些木材和烧火

In the early winter dark 在初冬的黑暗

   

Wind whistling cold I pull my coat around me 风呼呼冷我拉我的衣服在我身边

Heat some coffee and stare out into the black night 烧热的咖啡，静静地望着外面的黑夜

I lie awake I lie awake sir 我躺在清醒我躺在清醒先生

With my machete by my side 与我的大砍刀在我身边

   

My Jesus your gracious love and mercy 我耶稣的恩典慈爱和怜悯

Tonight I'm sorry could not fill my heart 今晚我很抱歉不能填补我的心脏

Like one good rifle 就像一个好的步枪

And the name of who I ought to kill 并杀死谁的名字，我应该