I rode into Tucson three hours ago 吾日三省小时前乘坐到图森

For supplies and a short friendly game of poker 用品和扑克的短友谊赛

While Smitty put some new shoes on 虽然斯密提出了一些新鞋

Old Dan before he goes lame. 老聃之前，他跛。

   

I sat in a game at the Miner's Saloon 我坐在一个游戏在矿工的四门轿车

Soon I had doubled my stake 不久，我就翻了一番我赌注

The cards run like they'd been dealt by Lady Luck 该卡运行像他们被处理了幸运女神

They were just sealin' my fate 他们只是sealin 我的命运

   

A young cowboy lost more than he could afford 一位年轻的牛仔损失超过他能买得起

And accused me of dealin' too smart 并指责戏份的“太聪明了我

His draw was too slow and he fell to the floor 他的画是太慢了，他倒在地上

With three bullets close to the heart 随着三发子弹靠近心脏

   

Oh, cottonwood tree are you waiting for me 哦，三角叶的树，你等着我

Waiting to take me away 等着带我走

I've done no wrong but the town cannot see 我没有做错事，但镇看不到

And so with my life I must pay. 所以我的生活，我必须付出。

   

A crowd started gatherin' the sheriff came in 人群开始gatherin “警长进来

I handed him over my gun 我把他交给我的枪

Was then when I found out the boy I had killed 然后，当我发现我杀了那个男孩

Was the town's biggest man's only son. 是镇上最大的人的唯一的儿子。

   

I tried to explain I had shot in defense 我试图解释我所拍摄的防御

It was the young cowboy or me 这是年轻的牛仔还是我

The crowd wouldn't listen so they drug me out 众人不听，使他们的药物我出去

To the limb of this cottonwood tree. 这种卡顿树的树枝。

   

Majestically standing out here all alone 站在庄严地在这里独自一人

It's spring and the valley is green 这是春谷是绿色的

But I can't admire a place It don't belong to me 但我不能欣赏的地方它不属于我

It's all like a bad dream. 这一切都像一场噩梦。

   

But old Dan's beneath me with new shows and all 但老丹的下面我用新的节目和所有

As they place the noose round my neck 当他们把绞索套在我脖子

Cowboys I've never laid eyes on before 牛仔我从来没有铺设眼睛前

Are tyin' my hands to my back. 正在tyin 我的手给我回来。

   

Oh, cottonwood tree are you waiting for me 哦，三角叶的树，你等着我

Waiting to take me away 等着带我走

I've done no wrong but the town cannot see 我没有做错事，但镇看不到

And so with my life I must pay. 所以我的生活，我必须付出。

   

I see hate in the eyes of the town's biggest man 我看到讨厌的镇最大的男人的目光

As he pulls a branch from the tree 当他扮了一个树枝从树上

To whip the backside of my old pony Dan 掀起我的小马老丹的背面

So he'll run out from under me. 所以他会从我下跑出来。

   

Insane, he won't listen to my last appeal 疯了，他也不会听我的最后一次上诉

A wild grin has covered his face 野生的笑容已经覆盖了他的脸

As I tried to reason just how he would feel 当我试图讲道理，他是多么会觉得

If he were up here in my place. 如果他在这里在我的地方。

   

There's many a mountain trail I'll never ride 有很多山间小路，我永远不会骑

Green valleys I'll never see 翠绿的山谷，我永远不会看到

A young cowboy died and a man's foolish pride 一位年轻的牛仔死亡，男人的愚蠢的骄傲

Brought me to this cottonwood tree. 把我带到这个三角叶的树。

   

My face is turned upward and I cannot breathe 我的脸向上翻，我不能呼吸

The sky's growing dark overhead 天空中不断增长的黑洞洞

The knot's pulling tight as my body swepts free 结的紧拉着我的身体swepts免费

A few moments more I'll be dead. 过了一会更多的我会死的。

   

Oh, cottonwood tree are you waiting for me 哦，三角叶的树，你等着我

Waiting to take me away 等着带我走

I've done no wrong but the town cannot see 我没有做错事，但镇看不到

And so with my life I must pay... 所以我的生活，我一定要......