Country music singers have been a real close family, 乡村音乐歌手是一个真正亲密的家庭，

But lately some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me. 但是最近我的一些kinfolks都六亲不认其他几个和我。

I guess it's because I kind of changed my direction. 我想这是一种因为我改变了我的方向。

Lord I guess I went and broke their family tradition. 主啊，我想我去了，打破了他们家族的传统。

   

They get on me and want to know Hank why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke? 他们得到了我想知道汉克你为什么喝酒？为什么你滚烟？

Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? 你为什么一定要活出你写的歌？

Over and over everybody makes my predictions. 唱完大家都让我的预言。

So if I get stoned, I'm just carrying on an old family tradition. 所以，如果我得到砸死，我只是账面上的一个古老的家族传统。

   

I am very proud of my daddy's name 我很骄傲我爸爸的名字

All though his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same. 所有虽然他的那种音乐，我的是不完全一样的。

Stop and think it over. Put yourself in my position. 停下来思考一下。把自己放在我的立场。

If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition. 如果我扔石头，唱一整夜这是一个家族的传统。

   

So don't ask me, Hank why do you drink? Hank, why do you roll smoke? 所以，不要问我，汉克你为什么喝酒？汉克，你为什么要推出的烟？

Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? 你为什么一定要活出你写的歌？

If I'm down in a honky-tonk some ole slick's trying to give me friction. 如果我在一个很沮丧低级夜总会OLE一些华而不实的努力给我的摩擦。

I said leave me alone I'm singing all night long it's a family tradition. 我说留下我一个人，我唱一整夜这是一个家族的传统。

   

Lord I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam 主啊，我曾经爱过一些女士们，我爱占边

And they both tried to kill me in 1973. 他们都想杀我于1973年。

When that doctor asked me, Son how did you get in this condition? 当医生问我，儿子你怎么会在这种情况下得到什么呢？

I said, hey sawbones, I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition. 我说，哎sawbones ，我只是账面上的OLE家族的传统。

   

So don't ask me, Hank why do you drink? Hank, why do roll smoke? 所以，不要问我，汉克你为什么喝酒？汉克，为什么要滚烟？

Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? 你为什么一定要活出你写的歌？

Stop and think it over, try and put yourself in my unique position. 静下心来想一想，尽量把自己放在我的独特地位。

If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family tradition! 如果我扔石头，唱一整夜，这是一个家族的传统！