She didn't see me see her cryin' 她没有看见我看到她哭泣

As she sat there by the window 当她通过窗户坐在那里

On a southbound Greyhound leavin' town 在南灰狗要走了镇

The hardest thing I've ever done 最难的事情我做过

Was to walk away and let that woman go 是走开，让那女的去

'Cause she came close to turnin' me around 因为她差点撇开我身边

   

Now I know she missed her mama 现在，我知道她想念她的妈妈

'Cause that's the kind of life she comes from “原因是这样的一种生活，她来自

Ain't no kinda life I'm ever gonna have 是不是没有还挺生命，我永远要去有

She said she'd call me from the station 她说，她从车站打电话给我

But I'll be gone before she gets there 但我将离去，她到达那里之前，

And I'll see her every time I'm lookin' back 我会每次看到她，我回首

   

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Heaven knows I ain't no angel 天知道我不是天使

And I don't always do the right thing 我并不总是做正确的事

And right now I know that she don't understand 而现在我知道，她不明白

But I'll sleep better knowin' 但我会睡得更好深深地知道

The only thing I ever loved 我曾经爱过的唯一的事

Is on that bus to Birmingham 是公交车到伯明翰

   

Tonight I'll slip back in the shadows 今晚我会滑回了阴影

And I'll sip a glass of whiskey 我会品尝一杯威士忌

And I'll try to keep from whisperin' her name 我会尽量保持距离whisperin “她的名字

But there's some highways I ain't driven 但是，有一些公路我是不是驱动

And there's some towns that I ain't lived in 这里面的一些城镇，我是不是住在

And there's some times that I can't get out of the rain 而有一些时候，我不能离开雨

   

And Lord I can't bear to break 而主啊，我实在不忍心打破

Another promise that I made her 我做了她的另一个承诺

So I made out like I wanted her to go 所以我做出来的一样，我想她去

And I'm better off believin' 我就是最好believin “

That she's better off without me 她是最好没有我

'Cause I don't want her to see me do her wrong 因为我不想让她看到我做她的错

   

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Heaven knows I don't always do the right thing 天知道我并不总是做正确的事

And right now I know that she don't understand 而现在我知道，她不明白

But I'll sleep better knowin' 但我会睡得更好深深地知道

The only thing I ever loved 我曾经爱过的唯一的事

Is on that bus to Birmingham 是公交车到伯明翰