Seen the arrow on the doorpost 看到门柱箭头

Saying, "This land is condemned 他说， “这片土地是谴责

All the way from New Orleans 所有来自新奥尔良的方式

To Jerusalem." 耶路撒冷“ 。

I traveled through East Texas 我从东德克萨斯游

Where many martyrs fell 有许多烈士下跌

And I know no one can sing the blues 我知道，没有人能唱衰

Like Blind Willie McTell 像盲人威利McTell

   

Well, I heard the hoot owl singing 嗯，我听到了叫声猫头鹰唱歌

As they were taking down the tents 当他们拿下了帐篷

The stars above the barren trees 上述贫瘠的树木明星

Were his only audience 是他唯一的听众

Them charcoal gypsy maidens 他们木炭吉普赛姑娘

Can strut their feathers well 可以支撑自己的羽毛以及

But nobody can sing the blues 但是没有人能唱蓝调

Like Blind Willie McTell 像盲人威利McTell

   

See them big plantations burning 看到他们的大种植园烧

Hear the cracking of the whips 听到鞭子的开裂

Smell that sweet magnolia blooming 闻到甜美的玉兰花开

(And) see the ghosts of slavery ships （而）见奴役船鬼

I can hear them tribes a-moaning 我能听到他们的部落A-呻吟

(I can) hear the undertaker's bell （我）听到承办的钟声

(Yeah), nobody can sing the blues （是啊） ，没人能唱衰

Like Blind Willie McTell 像盲人威利McTell

   

There's a woman by the river 有一个女人在河边

With some fine young handsome man 对于一些优秀的年轻英俊的男子

He's dressed up like a squire 他的打扮像一个乡绅

Bootlegged whiskey in his hand 拿在手里的威士忌私售

There's a chain gang on the highway 还有在高速公路上链团伙

I can hear them rebels yell 我能听到他们呼喊反政府武装

And I know no one can sing the blues 我知道，没有人能唱衰

Like Blind Willie McTell 像盲人威利McTell

   

Well, God is in heaven 那么，神在天上

And we all want what's his 我们都想要的东西是他的

But power and greed and corruptible seed 但是，权力和贪婪和坏的种子

Seem to be all that there is 似乎所有的有

I'm gazing out the window 我凝视着窗外

Of the St. James Hotel 圣詹姆斯酒店

And I know no one can sing the blues 我知道，没有人能唱衰

Like Blind Willie McTell 像盲人威利McTell