Preacher told me last Sunday mornin' 传道人告诉我，上周日早上，

Son, you better start livin' right 儿子，你最好开始美好生活的权利

You need to quit the women and whiskey 你需要退出的妇女和威士忌

And carrying on all night 并搭载了一通宵

   

Don't you wanna hear him call your name 难道你不想听他喊你的名字

When you're standin' at the pearly gates 当你站在在天国之门

I told the preacher, "Yes I do" 我跟牧师说：“是我做的”

But I hope they don't call today 但我希望他们今天不叫

I ain't ready 我是不是准备好

   

Everybody wants to go to heaven 每个人都想上天堂

Have a mansion high above the clouds 拥有豪宅的高在云端

Everybody want to go to heaven 每个人都想去天堂

But nobody want to go now 但是，没有人想现在去

   

Said preacher maybe you didn't see me 传教士说：也许你没看到我

Throw an extra twenty in the plate 在平板抛出一个额外的20

There's one for everything I did last night 还有一个一切我昨晚做了

And one to get me through today 和一个让我到今天

Here's a ten to help you remember 这里有一个十来帮助你记住

Next time you got the good Lord's ear 下一次你有好耶的耳朵

Say I'm comin' but there ain't no hurry 说我马上就要，但没有不着急

I'm havin' fun down here 我的开心到这里

Don't you know that 难道你不知道，

   

Everybody wants to go to heaven 每个人都想上天堂

Get their wings and fly around 得到他们的翅膀，飞来飞去

Everybody want to go to heaven 每个人都想去天堂

But nobody want to go now 但是，没有人想现在去

   

Someday I want to see those streets of gold in my halo 有一天，我希望看到我的光环黄金的街道

But I wouldn't mind waiting at least a hundred years or so 不过，我不会介意等待至少一百年左右

   

Everybody wanna go to heaven 每个人都想去天堂

It beats the other place there ain't no doubt 它打败了其他地方没有任何疑问，

Everybody wanna go to heaven 每个人都想去天堂

But nobody wanna go now 但是，没有人想现在去

   

Everybody wanna go to heaven 每个人都想去天堂

Hallelujah, let me hear you shout 哈利路亚，让我听到你喊

Everybody wanna go to heaven 每个人都想去天堂

But nobody wanna go now 但是，没有人想现在去

I think I speak for the crowd 我想我说的人群