I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California on my mind 我离开了我的家在弗吉尼亚州诺福克，加州在我心中

I straddled that greyhound and rode him into Raleigh, and on across Caroline í跨越的灰狗，骑他到罗利，并在整个加

I had motor trouble that turned into a struggle, halfway across Alabama 我有电机麻烦变成了斗争，横跨半个阿拉巴马州

And that 'Hound broke down and left me all stranded in Downtown Birmingham 和“猎犬崩溃了，留给我的所有滞留在伯明翰市中心

   

Right away I bought me a through train ticket, ridin' across Mississippi clean 我马上给我买直通车票，坐车穿过密西西比河干净

And I was on the Midnight Flyer out of Birmingham, smokin' into New Orleans 我是在午夜传单出伯明翰，吸到新奥尔良

   

Somebody helped me get out of Louisiana, just to help me get to Houston Town 有人帮我走出路易斯安那，只是为了帮我去休斯敦城

There are people there who care a little 'bout me 还有人在那里谁照顾一个小​​回合我

And they won't let a poor boy down 他们不会让一个贫穷的小男孩倒

   

Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit, they put luggage in my hand 当然是你出生时，他们给我买了丝绸衣服，他们把行李放在我的手

And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet to the Promised Land 我醒来的时候，高过阿尔伯克基上喷到应许之地

   

Workin' on a T-bone steak, I had a party flyin' over to the Golden State 日夜不停的在T骨牛排，我有一个党飞翔“在金州

When the pilot told me in thirteen minutes 当飞行员告诉我13分钟

He would get us at the Terminal zone 他将让我们在终端区

   

Swing low, chariot, come down easy, taxi to the Terminal zone 摆动低点，战车，下来容易，打车到码头区

Cut your engines and cool your wings, and let me make it to the telephone 削减你的引擎和冷却你的翅膀，让我给电话

Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia, Tidewater 41009 洛杉矶，给我的诺福克，弗吉尼亚州，潮水41009

And tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land callin' 并告诉乡亲回家，这是应许之地的呼唤

And the poor boy's on the line 而可怜的男孩就行了

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And tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land callin' 并告诉乡亲回家，这是应许之地的呼唤

And their big boy's on the line 而他们的大男孩的就行了