Well, I quit my job down at the car wash, 嗯，我在洗车辞职了下来，

Left my mama a goodbye note, 离开我的妈妈告别注，

By sundown I'd left Kingston, 由日落我离开金斯敦，

With my guitar under my coat, 与我在我的外套吉他，

I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis, 我搭便车一路下跌到孟菲斯，

Got a room at the YMCA, 有一间在YMCA ，

For the next three weeks I went huntin' them nights, 对于接下来的三个星期，我去打猎“他们的夜晚，

Just lookin' for a place to play, 只是追寻的地方玩，

Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire, 嗯，我想我再找将设置全身着火，

But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man. 但是，没有人愿意雇用一个吉他的人。

   

Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis, 好吧，我几乎什么饿死倒在孟菲斯，

I run outta money and luck, 我跑失控金钱和运气，

So I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia, 所以我买了我一程下降到佐治亚州梅肯，

On a overloaded poultry truck, 对超载货车的家禽，

I thumbed on down to Panama City, 我搭车来到我下到巴拿马城，

Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars, 开始捡了一些O他们通宵酒吧，

Hopin' I could make myself a dollar, 河滨我可以让自己一块钱，

Makin' music on my guitar, 金的音乐在我的吉他，

I got the same old story at them all night piers, 我得到了同样的老故事，在他们整个晚上码头，

There ain't no room around here for a guitar man 不过是没有空间在这里了吉他的男人

We don't need a guitar man, son 我们不需要一个吉他的人，儿子

   

So I slept in the hobo jungles, 所以我睡在流浪汉丛林，

Roamed a thousand miles of track, 漫游千里的轨道，

Till I found myself in Mobile Alabama, 直到我发现自己在移动阿拉巴马州，

At a club they call Big Jack's, 在一家具乐部，他们叫大杰克，

A little four-piece band was jammin', 小四件乐队jammin ，

So I took my guitar and I sat in, 所以我把我的吉他，我坐在，

I showed 'em what a band would sound like, 我发现他们，说现在乐队的声音听起来象，

With a swingin' little guitar man. 一个荡秋千的小吉他的人。

Show 'em, son 他们点厉害瞧瞧，儿子

   

If you ever take a trip down to the ocean, 如果你走一趟下来到海洋，

Find yourself down around Mobile, 发现自己上下左右移动，

Make it on out to a club called Jack's, 使其在了一个叫杰克的俱乐部，

If you got a little time to kill, 如果你有一点点的时间来杀人，

Just follow that crowd of people, 只要按照这一群人，

You'll wind up out on his dance floor, 您会得到了他的舞池，

Diggin' the finest little five-piece group, 陷“最好的一点五件组，

Up and down the Gulf of Mexico, 上下墨西哥湾，

Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band, 猜猜我是谁的leadin “的五人乐队，

Well, wouldn't ya know, it's that swingin' little guitar man. 好了，就不用你知道，那就是荡秋千的小吉他的人。

   

[The TV-special verse:] [电视特诗句： ]

Well, I came a long way from the carwash, 好吧，我来了很长的路从洗车，

Got to where I said I'd get 到了那里，我说我会得到

Now that I'm here I know for sure 现在我在这里，我知道肯定

I really ain't got there yet 我真的不是到了那里还

Think I'll start all over 想我会从头开始

Swing my guitar over my back 摆动我的吉他在我的背上

I'm gonna get myself back on the track 我会得到自己回到赛场

I'll never, never ever look back 我永远，永远不会回头

I'll never be more than what I am 我永远也不会超过我所

Wouldn't you know 难道你不知道

I' m a swinging little Guitar man 我是摇摆的小吉他的男人