A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher, 一位农民和一名教师，一个妓女和一个牧师，

Ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico. 开往墨西哥的一个午夜公交坐车。

One's headed for vacation, one for higher education, 一个人前往度假，一个用于高等教育，

An' two of them were searchin' for lost souls. 一个“有两个人Searchin的为迷失的灵魂。

That driver never ever saw the stop sign. 那个司机从未见过的站牌。

An' eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime. 一个“ 18三轮车不能在一毛钱停止。

   

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway, 有在右侧的公路三木十字架，

Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows. 为什么不是四个人，只有天知道。

I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, 我猜当你离开你身后这个世界你把它的不是，

It's what you leave behind you when you go. 这就是你在你身后离开的时候你去。

   

That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres, 那农民留下了丰收，家庭八十亩，

The faith an' love for growin' things in his young son's heart. 信仰在他的小儿子的心脏事物的“对正在笙的爱” 。

An' that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children: 一个“那个老师离开了她的智慧在很多孩子心中：

Did her best to give 'em all a better start. 使出浑身解数，给他们一个更美好的开始。

An' that preacher whispered: "Can't you see the Promised Land?" 一个那传道人低声道：“你没看见应许之地？ ”

As he laid his blood-stained bible in that hooker's hand. 当他把他沾满鲜血的圣经在妓女的手。

   

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway, 有在右侧的公路三木十字架，

Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows. 为什么不是四个人，只有天知道。

I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, 我猜当你离开你身后这个世界你把它的不是，

It's what you leave behind you when you go. 这就是你在你身后离开的时候你去。

   

That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday. 这就是我们的传道人说上周日的故事。

As he held that blood-stained bible up, 他认为，血迹斑斑的天书了，

For all of us to see. 对于我们所有的人看到。

He said: "Bless the farmer, and the teacher, an' the preacher; 他说： “上帝保佑农民和教师， ”传道;

"Who gave this Bible to my mamma, “谁给了这本书给我的妈妈，

"Who read it to me." “谁念给我听。 ”

   

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway, 有在右侧的公路三木十字架，

Why there's not four of them, now I guess we know. 为什么不是四个人，现在我想我们知道的。

It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, 当你离开你身后这个世界是你拿这不，

It's what you leave behind you when you go. 这就是你在你身后离开的时候你去。