Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end 每个人都在Nacadoches知道汤姆·埃姆斯会来一些不好的结束

Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such 以及警长已经毫无遗漏他stealin 鸡和如

By the time that he was ten 由他十岁的时候

And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill 有一天，他爸爸花了10美元的钞票

And he tucked it in his hand 他塞到他手里

He said I can tell you're headed for trouble son 他说，我可以告诉你的方向麻烦儿子

And your momma wouldn't understand 和你妈妈也不会明白

   

So he took that money and his brothers old bay 于是，他把这些钱和他的兄弟老湾

And he left without a word of thanks 他没有留下一句感谢的话

Fell in with a crowd in some border town 爱上了人群中的一些边境小镇

And took to robbin' banks 并走上罗宾银行

   

Outside the law your luck will run out fast 不能得到法律的运气会快速耗尽

And a few years came and went 和几年来来去去

'Till he's trapped in an alley in Abilene 直到他被困在一个胡同里阿比林

With all but four shells spent 与只有4个弹花

   

And he realized prayin' was the only thing 他意识到祈祷“是唯一

That he hadn't ever tried 他还没有尝试过

Well he wasn't sure he knew quite how 嗯，他不知道，他深谙如何

But he looked up to the sky 但他抬头看向天空

   

Said you don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know 说你不欠我什么也没而据我所知

Lord don't owe nothin' to you 上帝不欠什么也没给你

And I ain't askin' for a miracle Lord 我是不是阿斯金奇迹主

Just a little bit of luck will do 运气只是一点点都行

   

And you know I ain't never prayed before 而且你知道我是不是从来没有祈祷

But it always seemed to me 但它总是在我看来，

If prayin' is the same as beggin' Lord 如果祈祷是一样的开始主

I don't take no charity 我不采取任何慈善

   

Yeah but right now Lord with my back to the wall 是的，但现在上帝与我的背墙

Can't help but recall 不禁回忆

How they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse 他们怎么几乎挂我stealin 马

In Fort Smith Arkansas 在史密斯堡阿肯色州

   

Judge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down 帕克法官表示认罪，并惊堂木下来

Just like a cannon shot 就像一门大炮射击

And I went away quietly 我临走的时候悄悄地

And I began to file and plot 我开始对文件和情节

   

Well they sent the preacher down to my cell 那么，他们派出的传教士下降到我的手机

He said the Lord is your only hope 他说，主是你唯一的希望

He's the only friend that you gonna have 他唯一的朋友，你会拥有

When you hit the end of Parker's rope 当你打帕克的​​穷途末路

   

Well I guess he coulda' kept on preachin' 'till Christmas 嗯，我想，他本可以不停preachin 到圣诞节

But he turned his back on me 但是，他转身背对着我

I put a home made blade to that golden throat 我把自制刀片的金嗓子

And asked the deputy for the key 并要求代理为关键

   

Well it ain't the first close call I ever had 那么这是不是第一次千钧一发我曾经有过

I'm sure you already know 我相信你已经知道了

I had some help from you Lord and the devil himself 我从你的主一些帮助和魔鬼

It's been strictly touch and go 它是经过严格的触摸和去

   

Yeah but who in the hell am I talkin' to 是的，但谁的我到底在说来

There ain't no one here but me 没有任何人在这里，但我

Then he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt 然后，他竖起两个他的手枪，他在泥土吐

And he walked out in the street 和他走在街上