When I was young 当我年轻的时候

I watched the cars 我看着车

When I was older 当我变老了

I drank in bars 我喝的吧

When I was young 当我年轻的时候

I chewed the leaves í咀嚼树叶

When I was older 当我变老了

I drank with thieves 我喝了盗贼

I found a love 我找到了爱

She gave me dreams 她给了我梦想

She left me drunk 她离开了我醉了

In New Orleans 在新奥尔良

So cold and lonely 因此，寒冷和孤独

So all alone 如此孤单

I wished my heart 我真希望我的心脏

Was made of stone 是石头做的

   

I took the cold bright needle 我把冰冷的明亮针

I used it as a sword 我用它作为一把剑

My eyes have seen the glory of 我亲眼看见的荣耀

The coming of the Lord 主的到来

   

I burned across the delta 我烧整个三角洲

I swam across the ford 任我游在整个福特

My eyes have seen the glory of 我亲眼看见的荣耀

The coming of the Lord 主的到来

   

When I was a young man 当我还年轻的时候

Standing on this road 站在这条道路

My empty belly 我的肚子空

An aching hole 是痛苦和孔

An old man said to me 一位老人对我说：

"Kid don't you know “小子，你不知道

That it's the same 这是相同的

Wherever you go" 无论你走到哪里“

   

I gambled in two graveyards í赌两个墓地

I won against the odds 我赢了反对的可能性

With the smiling saints 用微笑圣人

And the silent saviours 和沉默的救星

With the maggots and the gods 随着蛆和神

I cursed the things they showed me 我诅咒他们给我的东西

I could never see again 我再也看不到了

And the howling of the wind at night 风和夜间嚎叫

I wrote upon the rain 我写在雨中

   

I found the thing 我发现的东西

For which I prayed 对于我祈祷

And came back home 回来家

To the USA 到美国

With a heart of stone 石头的心脏

And now I know 现在我知道

That it's the same 这是相同的

Wherever you go 无论你走到哪里