There's a small jail in Georgia you all know, 有一个小监狱在格鲁吉亚大家都知道，

Where the sun's so hot and the daylight don't show. 那里的阳光是如此炎热，白天不显示。

Where the moccasin she rests on a soft bed of sand, 她靠在沙软床的鹿皮鞋，

You can hear the hound dog howling out the land. 你可以听到猎狗的嚎叫了土地。

   

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It ain't the way I wanted it. 这不是我想要的方式。

But Lord that's the price you pay. 但是，主，是你付出的代价。

   

I said jailer bring me water for my throat is dry, 我说狱卒给我水我的喉咙干燥，

Four walls, steel bars, I've been watching passersby, 四面墙壁，钢筋，我一直在看路人，

I've been sitting here so long I'm starting to cry, 我已经在这里坐这么久我开始哭，

The hangman's coming, I'm surely going to die. 刽子手的来了，我肯定会死。

   

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It ain't the way I wanted it. 这不是我想要的方式。

But Lord that's the price you pay. 但是，主，是你付出的代价。

Oh, honk on it, boy, 哦，按喇叭就可以了，男孩，

A little jail cell blues here. 小牢房蓝调这里。

   

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I shot a man in Macon over a poker game, 我拍一个人在梅肯了一个扑克游戏，

I killed another in Atlanta just to build my fame, 我曾在亚特兰大杀了一个刚刚建立我的名声，

Well, now I hear the hammers they're pounding out my name. 好了，现在我听说他们敲着我的名字的锤子。

   

It ain't the way I wanted it. 这不是我想要的方式。

But that's the price you pay. 但是，这是你付出的代价。

It ain't the way I wanted it. 这不是我想要的方式。

But Lord that's the price you pay. 但是，主，是你付出的代价。

   

Hey jailer, how about that water my throat's still dry, 嘿狱卒，怎么样那水我的喉咙还是干的，

Four walls, steel bars, I've been watching passersby, 四面墙壁，钢筋，我一直在看路人，

I've been sitting here so damn long I'm starting to cry, 我已经在这里坐这么久该死的我开始哭，

The hangman's coming I'm surely going to die. 刽子手的到来，我肯定会死。

   

It ain't the way I wanted it. 这不是我想要的方式。

But Lord that's the price you pay, 但是，主，是你付出的代价，

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It ain't the way I wanted it, 这不是我想要的方式，

But Lord that's the price you pay. 但是，主，是你付出的代价。

Oh, you done out of rope son. 哦，你做出来的绳子儿子。