I'll give you something to write home about 我给你的东西大书特书

And I'll take you somewhere, show you around 我带你去的地方，你四处看看

We burnt all the cars that laid down and died 我们烧掉所有定下的汽车和死

We burnt all the trees to keep us alive 我们烧掉所有的树木，以保持我们活着

Sat 'round the fire, sang like a choir 坐在“轮火，唱的合唱

With the ashes of civilisation in our eyes 随着文明的出现在我们眼前的骨灰

I come alive, I read the signs on the Gunbarrel Highway 我充满了活力，我读了Gunbarrel公路标志

   

Far off a dull radio beats for the young uninvolved 遥远沉闷的无线电次为年轻健侧

The meaning's a football 意思是一个足球

A stick and a can and a Kakadu man 一棒子将罐体和卡卡杜人

Will the speaker speak up or the talker talk down 将扬声器说话或说话者谈下来

The world is no oyster and here in this town 世界上没有牡蛎，在这个小镇

Shit falls like rain on a world that is brown 妈的瀑布像雨的世界，是棕色的

   

I come alive, I read the signs on the Gunbarrel Highway 我充满了活力，我读了Gunbarrel公路标志

I come alive, and the children will sing as the 我来活着，孩子们会唱的

satellite swings down that highway 卫星波动下的高速公路

   

Nothing could be longer than that corrugated road 没有什么能比这瓦楞纸路更长

No ever follows where the road trains go 没有永远遵循那里的道路火车去

And no where in the country do the dust storms blow so hard 并在全国任何地方做的沙尘暴吹这么难

So hard 这么难

   

I come alive, I read the signs on the Gunbarrel Highway 我充满了活力，我读了Gunbarrel公路标志

I hear the sound, it's the wheels as they drive 我听到的声音，它的轮子，因为他们驾驶

And the cultures collide on that highway 与文化碰撞上高速公路

Ah, it's a hard day, the children will sing as the 嗯，这是一个艰难的一天，孩子们会唱的

Satellite swings down that highway 卫星摇下了高速公路