Standin' on side of the highway 4 exit 在高速公路4出口侧站在

A lady in tie die, a bag by her side 在领带一位女士死了，一个袋子在她身边

Not really lookin' like anything special 不是真的看着就像什么特别

Saw Tennessee tags and she waved for a ride 看到田纳西标签和她挥手兜风

   

Sat right beside me as the meter hit sixty 坐在我旁边的米打60

Explainin' her travels and her family background 地介绍一下她的旅行和她的家庭背景

When she got thru I could not help but thinkin' 当她拿到直通我不禁在想

She's a long way from a West Nashville grand ballroom gown 她是从西纳什维尔的大宴会厅礼服很长的路要走

Her father had money and her mother had love 她的父亲很有钱，她的母亲的爱

Channeled entirely to her dear sister Dove 完全投向她亲爱的妹妹鸽子

Twenty-two years in societies plan 在社会计划二十二年

Canceled at the swing of her dear mothers hand 取消了对她亲爱的母亲的手摆动

   

Six hours later we hit Cincinnati 六个小时后，我们到了辛辛那提

Yawning she woke and asked where we were 打呵欠她醒来，问我们在哪儿

When she found out she said "I must be going" 当她发现了，她说：“我得走了”

This close to Nashville was too close for her 这种密切的纳什维尔太靠近她

   

So I stopped by the roadside and I gave her five dollars 所以我停下来在路边，我给了她五块钱

She took it then kissed me and gave me a note 她接过来，然后吻了我，给了我一张纸条

She told me just to read it then mail it in Nashville 她告诉我只是读它，然后邮寄纳什维尔

On old loose leaf paper to her mother she wrote 在老活页纸上给她的母亲，她写道：

She said Momma I'm fine if you happen to wonder 她说，妈妈我很好，如果你碰巧知道

I don't have much money but I still get around 我没有很多钱，但我还是避开

I haven't made church in near thirty-six Sundays 我没有教堂附近36日

So fuck all those West Nashville grand ballroom gowns 所以他妈的那些西方纳什维尔的大宴会厅袍

   

Yea, she's a long way from the West Nashville grand 是啊，她是从西方纳什维尔盛大很长的路要走

ballroom gowns 舞厅袍