On Sunday after church there'd always be a picnic 上周日的教堂后有会永远是一个野餐

There'd be kinfolks callin' until dawn 还会有kinfolks呼唤黎明之前

Me I'd play the guitar and my Uncle Merle would sing 我，我会弹吉他，我的梅尔叔叔会唱歌

And grandpa he'd play that fiddle all night long 爷爷，他会整夜播放小提琴

Now the women folk they would work out in the kitchen 现在民间的妇女，他们将制定出在厨房

You could smell that food for miles and miles around 你可以闻到食物千里左右

Paw he was prayin' my brother Jack would bring him down some moonshine PAW他祈祷我的弟弟杰克会给他带来了一些月光

Just so's that he could warsh those viddle down 只是这样的他可能沃什的viddle下来

As soon as all the kids got tired of playin' horseshoes 当所有的孩子都累了玩够马蹄铁

Mama she'd call me over to her side 妈妈她叫我到她的身边

You know she'd say I'd like to take some pictures 你知道她会说我想多拍几张

You could see her face light up with pride 你可以看到她的脸亮起来自豪

And then she'd bring out that worn out family album 然后她就带出了破旧的家庭相册

Its faded pictures some with corners torn 其褪色的照片与一些边角撕开

She'd laugh and poin and tell me funny stories 她会笑， POIN ，告诉我好笑的故事

And look she'd say why that's the day that you were born 并期待她会说，为什么这是你出生的那一天

And I'd sit and reminisce each picture with her 和我坐下来，回忆每一个画面与她

And I'd listen to her laughter and her sighs 我会听她的笑声，她的叹息

But underneath I knew how much I'd hurt her 但骨子里我知道我多么疼她

For I'd put teardrops in my mama's eyes 对于我把我妈妈的眼睛泪水

   

In my mama's eyes I've never done a wrong thing 在我妈妈的眼睛，我从来没有做过错误的事

I was still a baby in my mama's eyes 我还在我妈妈的眼睛宝宝

That old family album she'll keep on her night stand 旧的家庭相册，她会继续她的一夜情

Right next to the Bible until the day she dies 旁边的圣经，直到她去世的日子

   

Through all those years in prison she stuck by me 通过这些年在监狱里，她坚持由我

And she came to visit anytime she could 她来看望她随时可以

Well I remember at my trial when she testified she loved me 嗯，我记得在我试用的时候，她作证说，她爱我

And she told the judge I'd always been so good 她告诉法官，我一直都这么好

Then later through the fame she watched me blossom 后来经过成名，她看着我的花

From just a local country singer to a great big star 从仅仅是一种局部的乡村歌手，以一个伟大的大明星

She listened to all my records for the hidden meanings 她听了我所有的记录，隐藏的含义

And she came to hear me sing in all those dim lit bars 她来听我唱歌的那些朦胧亮条

And she read all the things they wrote about me 她阅读他们写关于我的事

But she knew deep in her heart that it was lies 但她深深知道，在她的心脏，这是谎言

No she don't hide her head in shame when someone says my name 不，她不掩饰她的头羞愧，当有人说我的名字

You'll find no teardrops in my mama's eyes 你会发现在我妈妈的眼里没有泪水

In my mama's eyes... 在我妈妈的眼睛...

Right next to the Bible until the day she dies 旁边的圣经，直到她去世的日子