His eyes are greener than the meadows 他的眼睛比草地更绿

His hair is greyer than a ghost 他的头发是不是鬼灰暗

His lungs are blacker than the shadows 他的肺是黑比阴影

That dance in circles down below 在圈子里向下跌破这一舞蹈

   

You see them every Monday morning 你看他们每个星期一早上

Electric halos light their way 电动光晕照亮他们的道路

Five days of widows mourning 寡妇五天哀悼

But Friday rolls the stone away 但周五滚动的石头走

   

Kentucky mine, doing time 肯塔基州煤矿，做的时间

Never see the light of day 再也看不到出头之日

Kentucky mine, stand in line 肯塔基州煤矿，排队

Just to dig your own grave 只是自掘坟墓

   

From coal dust they make a living 从煤尘他们谋生

To coal dust they will return 煤尘他们将返回

The earth is good but unforgiving 地球是好的，但无情的

And someone's got to keep the fire burnin' 和别人的一定要坚持火燃尽的

Daddy says, "Listen to me, 爸爸说：“听我说，

Do not follow where my footsteps lead" 不要跟随在我的脚步带领“

   

Kentucky mine, doing time 肯塔基州煤矿，做的时间

Never see the light of day 再也看不到出头之日

Kentucky mine, stand in line 肯塔基州煤矿，排队

Just to dig your own grave 只是自掘坟墓

   

And everything he said was true 而他所说的一切是真实的

But what's a Kentucky boy like me to do? 但是，什么是肯塔基州的男孩喜欢我做什么？

   

Kentucky mine, doing time 肯塔基州煤矿，做的时间

Never see the light of day 再也看不到出头之日

Kentucky mine, stand in line 肯塔基州煤矿，排队

Just to dig your own grave 只是自掘坟墓