From early in November to the last week of December 从十一月初至十二月的最后一周

I got money matters weighing me down 我得到了钱的问题称重我失望

Oh the music may be merry, but it's only temporary 哦，音乐可以是快乐的，但它只是暂时的

I know Santa Claus is coming to town 我知道圣诞老人要来镇

In the days I work my day job, in the nights I work my night 在我的工作我的日常工作​​的日子里，在晚上我的工作我的夜晚

But it all comes down to working man's pay 但是这一切都归结为工作的人的工资

Getting ready, I'm getting ready, ready for Christmas Day 准备好，我准备，准备圣诞节

   

[Reverend Gates:] [牧师盖茨： ]

Getting ready for Christmas Day 准备迎接圣诞节

And let me tell you, namely, the undertaker, he's getting ready for your body 让我告诉你，即承担者，他准备好你的身体

Not only that, the jailer he's getting ready for you 不仅如此，狱卒他准备为你

Christmas day. Hmm? And not only the jailer, but the lawyer, the police force 圣诞节。嗯？不仅狱卒，但是律师，警察部队

Now getting ready for Christmas day, and I want you to bear it in mind 现在准备好圣诞节，我希望你能忍受它记

   

I got a nephew in Iraq it's his third time back 我得到了在伊拉克的一个侄子是他第三次回来

But it's ending up the way it began 但它结束了它开始的方式

With the luck of a beginner he'll be eating turkey dinner 与初学者的运气，他会吃火鸡大餐

On some mountain top in Pakistan 在巴基斯坦的一些山头

Getting ready, oh we're getting ready 准备好，哦，我们已经准备好

For the power and the glory and the story of the 对于权柄，荣耀和的故事

Christmas day 圣诞节

   

[Reverend Gates:] [牧师盖茨： ]

Getting ready, for Christmas day. 准备为圣诞节。

Done made it up in your mind that I'm going, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago. 做使得它在你的心中，我要去，纽约，费城，芝加哥。

I'm going, on a trip, getting ready, for Christmas day. 我要走了，在旅途中，准备为圣诞节。

But when Christmas come, nobody knows where you'll be. 但是，当圣诞节来了，没有人知道你会。

You might ask me. 你可能会问我。

I may be layin' in some lonesome grave, getting ready, for Christmas day 我可能会在某些寂寞的坟墓开始裁员，准备为圣诞节

   

Getting ready oh we're getting ready 准备哦，我们已经准备好

For the power and the glory and the story of the 对于权柄，荣耀和的故事

Christmas day 圣诞节

Yes we're getting ready 是的，我们已经准备好

   

[Reverend Gates:] [牧师盖茨： ]

Getting ready, ready for your prayers, 准备，准备好你的祷告，

"I'm going and see my relatives in a distant land." “我要去看看我的亲人在遥远的土地。 ”

   

Getting ready, getting ready for Christmas day 准备，准备为圣诞节

If I could tell my Mom and Dad that the things we never had 如果我能告诉我的爸爸妈妈说的事情，我们从来没有过

Never mattered we were always okay 千万不要无所谓，我们总是好了

Getting ready, oh ready for Christmas day 准备好，呵呵准备圣诞节

Getting ready oh we're getting ready 准备哦，我们已经准备好

For the power and the glory and the story of the 对于权柄，荣耀和的故事

Christmas day 圣诞节