From thirty thousand feet above 从上面30000英尺

The desert floor, I see it there below 沙漠地上，我看到它下面有

A city with a legend - 一个城市有一个传说 -

The west Texas city of El Paso 西得克萨斯州埃尔帕索市的

Where long ago I heard a song 凡不久前，我听到一首歌

About a Texas cowboy and a girl 关于德州牛仔和一个女孩

And a little place called Rosa's 和一个叫做小地方Rosa的

Where he used to go and watch this beauty whirl. 在那里，他经常去，看着这美丽旋风。

   

I don't recall who sang the song 我不记得谁唱的歌曲

But I recall the story that I heard 但我记得，我听到的故事

And as I look down on the city, 当我往下看的城市，

I remember each and ev'ry word 我记得每次和内心的每一次​​字

The singer sang about a jealous cowboy 这位歌手唱关于嫉妒的牛仔

And the way he used a gun 而他的方式使用枪

To kill another cowboy 干掉另一个牛仔

Then he had to leave El Paso on the run. 于是他不得不离开埃尔帕索上运行。

   

El Paso City, by the Rio Grande 埃尔帕索市的格兰德河

The cowboy lived and rode away 牛仔生活和扬长而去

But love was strong he couldn't stay 但爱是强大的，他不能留

He rode back just to die in that El Paso sand 他骑回来只是在埃尔帕索沙死

El Paso City, by the Rio Grande 埃尔帕索市的格兰德河

I try not to let you cross my mind 我尽量不让你过我的脑海

But still I find there's just a mystery 但我发现那里只是一个谜

In the song that I don't understand. 在这我就不明白了这首歌。

   

My mind is down there somewhere 我的心是那里的地方

As I fly above the badlands of New Mexico 正如我上面新墨西哥州的荒地飞

I can't explain why I should know 我无法解释我为什么要知道

The very trail he rode back to El Paso 很踪迹，他骑回埃尔帕索

Can it be that man can disappear 难道那个男人可以消失

From life and live another time 从生活和再活一次

And does the mystery deepen 'cause you think 并没有神秘的加深，因为你觉得

That you yourself lived in that other time. 那你自己住在其他时间。

   

Somewhere in my deepest thoughts 某处在我最深的思念

Familar scenes and memories unfold 听，说能力的场景和记忆展开

These wild and unexplained emotions 这些野生和不明原因的情绪

That I've had so long but I have never told 我已经有这么长时间，但我从来没有告诉过

Like every time I fly up thru the heavens 像每次我飞起来了直通天堂

And I see you there below 我看到你在下面

I get the feeling sometime 我的感觉有时

In another world I lived in El Paso. 在另一个世界，我住在埃尔帕索。

   

El Paso City, by the Rio Grande 埃尔帕索市的格兰德河

Could it be that I could be 难道说我可能是

The cowboy in this mystery 在这个神秘的牛仔

That died there in that desert sand so long ago 在那个沙漠死在那里很久以前

El Paso City, by the Rio Grande 埃尔帕索市的格兰德河

A voice tells me to go and see 一个声音告诉我去看看

Another voice keeps tellin' me 另一种声音一直在告诉我

Maybe death awaits me in El Paso 也许死亡等待着我在埃尔帕索