My grandaddy was a miner 我grandaddy是一名矿工

But he finally saw the light 但他终于看到了曙光

He didn't have much 他并没有多少

Just a beat-up truck and a dream about a better life 只是一个破旧的卡车和一个更美好的生活梦想

Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye 外婆哭了，当她挥手说再见

You never heard such a lonesome sound. 你从来没有听说过这样一个寂寞的声音。

   

Pretty soon the dirt road turned 很快的土路变成

Into blacktop, Detroit City bound 为柏油路，底特律城方向

Down that hillbilly highway 下来的乡巴佬高速公路

On That hillbilly highway 在那个乡巴佬高速公路

That old Hillbilly highway 老乡巴佬公路

Goes on and on. 推移而上。

   

Now he worked and saved his money 现在，他曾救了他的钱

So that one day he might send 于是，有一天他会送

My daddy off to college 我爸爸上大学

To use his brains and not his hands 用他的大脑，而不是他的手

Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye 外婆哭了，当她挥手说再见

Never heard such a lonesome sound. 从来没有听说过这样一个寂寞的声音。

   

But daddy had himself a good job in Houston 但是爸爸有他自己在休斯敦做好

One more rollin' down 还有一个罗林下来

Down that old hillbilly highway 下来的老乡巴佬高速公路

That old hillbilly highway 老乡巴佬公路

That old Hillbilly highway 老乡巴佬公路

Goes on and on. 推移而上。

   

Now grandaddy rolled over in his grave 在他的坟墓现在grandaddy翻身

The day that I quit school 我退学的那一天

I just sat around the house playin' my guitar, 我只是坐在在家里玩我的吉他，

Daddy said I was a fool 爸爸说我是个傻瓜

My mama cried when I said goodbye, 我的妈妈，当我说了再见哭了，

I never heard such a lonesome sound. 我从来没有听说过这样的寂寞的声音。

   

Now I'm standin' on this highway 现在，我在这条公路站在

And if you're going my way 如果你要我的路

You know where I'm bound 你知道我是绑定的

Down that old hillbilly highway 下来的老乡巴佬高速公路

That old hillbilly highway 老乡巴佬公路

That old Hillbilly highway 老乡巴佬公路

Goes on and on... 推移和...