At 16 she quit high school 16岁，她放弃高中

To make a fortune in the promise land 发财的应许之地

Got a job behind the counter 拿到柜台后面工作

Of an all-night hamburger stand 一个通宵的汉堡包立场

She wrote faithfully home to Mama: 她写道忠实回家妈妈：

Now Mama, don't you worry none 现在，妈妈，你不要担心没有

From small things, Mama, big things one day come 从细小的事情，妈妈，大事情总有一天

   

It was late one Friday 该系统是一个周五晚

As he pulled in out of the dark. 当他拉到了黑暗。

He was tall and handsome; 他高大帅气;

First she took his order; then she took his heart. 首先，她把他的命令;然后，她把他的心脏。

They bought a house up on a hillside 他们买了一套房子上山坡

Where little feet once had run 凡小脚丫曾经运行

From small things, Mama, big things one day come. 从细小的事情，妈妈，大事情总有一天。

   

Good love is fleeting, 好的爱情是短暂的，

It's sad but it's true 这是可悲的，但它是真实的

But when your heart is bleeding, 但是，当你的心脏在流血，

You don't wanna hear the news 你不想听到的消息

   

She packed her bags; went to Wyoming with a real estate man 她把她的袋子;前往怀俄明州一个房地产的人

They drove down to Tampa in an El Dorado Grande 他们开车到坦帕在埃尔多拉多大

She writes home "dear Mama, life is heaven in the sun" 她写家“亲爱的妈妈，人生就是天堂在阳光下”

From small things, Mama, big things one day come 从细小的事情，妈妈，大事情总有一天

   

She shot him dead 她将他击毙

On a sunny Florida road, 在一个阳光明媚的佛罗里达州的道路，

But when they caught her asll she said was 但是，当他们抓住了她asll她说的是

She couldn't stand the way he drove. 她不能忍受他开车的方式。

Back home, lonesome Johnny 回到家里，寂寞约翰尼

Waits for his baby's parole; 等待他的宝贝的假释;

He sits high up on a hillside, 他坐在高高的山坡上，

Where the Wyoming river flows. 凡怀俄明州河流。

At his feet, and almost grown now, 在他的脚下，几乎现在长大，

Sits a daughter and a handsome son. 坐在一个女儿和一个英俊的儿子。

From small things, Mama, big things one day come 从细小的事情，妈妈，大事情总有一天