We're taking on water 我们正在对水

Diesel and stores 柴油和商店

Laying up awhile 铺设了一段时间

Before I'm back on board 在我回到船上

They're patching her up 他们修补了她

To go fishing again 去钓鱼再次

They're welding her rudder 他们焊接了舵

Scrubbing her keel 擦洗她的龙骨

Scars on her belly 在她的腹部疤痕

Need time to heal 需要时间来愈合

In the dock 在被告席

With the trawlermen 用拖网渔民

   

I know all the people 我知道所有的人

There's nobody new 有没有新的

Soon we'll be leaving 不久，我们将离开

With the same old crew 用同样的老船员

On the green water 绿色的水

The tumbling sea 翻滚的大海

They ain't running 它们不运行

Like the good old days 像过去的好时光

Time's just slipping 时间只是滑倒

Down the old slipways 换下来的旧船台

In the dock 在被告席

So dear to me 所以，亲爱的我

   

Dark is the night 黑暗的夜

I need a guiding light 我需要一盏指路明灯

To keep me 让我

From foundering 从沉没

On the rocks 在岩石上

My only prayer 我只能祈祷

Is just to see you there 只是看你有

At the end 在最后

Of my wandering 我徘徊

Back in the dock 早在被告席

   

I could use a layoff 我可以用一个裁员

Getting my strength back 让我的力量回来

But there's a loan to pay off 但是有一个贷款还清

And a few skipjack 而一些鲣

So it's a turnaround 所以这是一个转机

Back in the southerly wind 早在偏南风

Pirates coming in 盗来的

To steal our gold 偷我们的黄金

You can count yourself lucky 你可以自己算幸运

With a profit in the hold 在保持盈利

In the dock 在被告席

When we come in 当我们在

   

Dark is the night 黑暗的夜

I need a guiding light 我需要一盏指路明灯

To keep me 让我

From foundering 从沉没

On the rocks 在岩石上

My only prayer 我只能祈祷

Is just to see you there 只是看你有

At the end 在最后

Of my wandering 我徘徊

Back in the dock 早在被告席