Now friend if you'll just listen to me you'll get some good hard earned advice 现在，朋友，如果你只是听我的，你会得到一些很好的辛苦赚来的建议

I don't aim to meddle in your business I'm just tryin' to save you an awful price 我不打算插手你的业务，我只是试着救你一个可怕的代价

Now you see these teeth that I ain't got and these knots on my bald head 现在你看到这些牙齿，我是不是得了这些结在我的光头

I'll guarantee you boys I didn't get them there lyin' at home in the bed 我会保证你的男生，我没有得到他们那里胡扯在家中的床上

Now take the smart aleck in any town of him folks want no part 现在把自作聪明的任何城镇的人他不想要的部分

He acts like his head was only made to hold his ears apart 他就像他的头只为举行他的耳朵外

Now he might like what I'm bout to say and my words might make him sore 现在，他可能会喜欢什么我就要说，我的话，可能他疼

But I'm just tryin' to be helpful cause I've been down that road before 但我只是试着对大家有所帮助，因为我一直在下跌之前，这条道路

To bully folks and play mean tricks was once my pride and joy 欺负人玩花招平均一度我的自豪和喜悦

Till one day I was toted home and mama didn't know her little boy 直到有一天，我提起了家，妈妈不知道她的小男孩

My head was swelled up so doggone big I couldn't get it through my front door 我的头肿了起来弄得这么大我不能让它通过我的前门

Now I ain't just talkin' to hear myself cause I've been down that road before 现在我不只是在说听我，因为我一直在下降之前，这条道路

A little fellow about my size got tired of being pushed about 我的尺寸小家伙厌倦了推约

So he went to work and when he got through he'd knocked every one of my teeth out 于是，他去上班，当他通过他就敲了每一个我的牙齿了

One time too many I'd rubbed him wrong and he evened up the score 有一次，太多的我已经擦了他的错误，他扯平了比分

Now that's what happens when you get too big for your britches 现在，这是当你得到太大的长裤会发生什么

And I've been down that road before 我一直在下跌之前，这条道路

Now when you get to thinkin' you're really smart 现在，当你到想的，你真的很聪明

There's always somebody smarter than you 总有别人比你更聪明

And no matter how much you boast and brag you can still learn a thing or two 不管你多么夸耀和吹嘘你仍然可以学到一两件事

Go get you some treatments just like I've had and you won't hanker for more 去给你拿点治疗，就像我有，你会不会为贪图更多

I really learned the meaning of living and loving I've been down that road before 我真的学会了生活和爱的我已经下来之前，这条道路的意义

Now the man that walks this rocky road usually gets just what he deserves 现在，一般走这平坦的路的人得到他应得的正是

Cause he's just a helpless servant to a master that he serves 因为他只是一个无助的仆人向主人说，他服务

Now I've learned to slow my temper down and not to pick no scraps no more 现在，我已经学会了放慢我的脾气来，不挑不下脚没有更多

Boys it's a lot easier on the head and eyes I've been down that road before 男孩这是一个很大的头和眼睛之前，我一直在这条道路更容易