Way out west an Arizona cowboy tends the herd 出路西部亚利桑那州牛仔往往一哄而上

The dessert lies beneath a sky of blue 甜点位于蓝色的天空下

Far away, in brightest day, a ghostly sound is heard 远处，在明亮的天，一个幽灵般的声音被听到

The phantom of the rail comes into view 钢轨的幻象映入眼帘

   

Hear that lonesome whistle callin' 听到寂寞的口哨呼唤

On his lonely ear is fallin' 在他寂寞的耳朵落下的

Loud and clear, just hear that lonesome wail 宏亮，刚听到寂寞的哀号

But it's just the ghost, the phantom of the rail 但是，这仅仅是幽灵，铁路的幻象

   

Little did he know the train was wrecked in '84 他不知道火车失事的84年

After it had crossed the Great Divide 之后它已经越过了大分水岭

Every year it tries again to make it just once more 每年，它试图再次使这一次，

If only to the California Line 如果只给加州线

   

Hear that lonesome whistle callin' 听到寂寞的口哨呼唤

On the barren desert fallin' 在荒芜的沙漠落下的

Loud and clear, just hear that lonesome wail 宏亮，刚听到寂寞的哀号

But it's just the ghost, the phantom of the rail 但是，这仅仅是幽灵，铁路的幻象

   

Clickity-clack along the track, it's boiler showin' red Clickity唠叨沿着轨道，它的锅炉舒红

As on it comes along the rusty rails 因为它走来生锈的铁轨

People that are ridin' in the cars have long been dead 这是在汽车坐车的人早就已经死了

Lost in time along the Phantom Trail 沿着步道幻影迷失在时间

   

Hear that lonesome whistle callin' 听到寂寞的口哨呼唤

On the barren desert fallin' 在荒芜的沙漠落下的

Is it real to feel the very ground beneath him shake 是真的感到非常地在他身下摇

As on it comes, the only run it ever makes 因为它来临的时候，只能运行它曾经使

   

Cross here comes the phantom, as his eyes in wonder gaze 十字这里来的幽灵，他的眼睛在注视奇迹

His pony shys and heads in for the brush 他的小马shys并为刷头

And as it comes upon him terror grips his heart, amazed 而且，因为它来自于他的恐怖交手他的心脏，惊讶

Leapin' to avoid it's onward rush Leapin “ ，以避免它的起抢

   

Hear that lonesome whistle callin' 听到寂寞的口哨呼唤

On the barren dessert fallin' 在贫瘠的甜点落下的

Thought he saw the engineer, thought he heard him once more wail 以为自己看到了工程师，以为他听到他再次哀号

As on he went, forever bent, on stayin' on the ghost train rail 由于在他去，永远弯曲，对幽灵列车轨道留下来