He's a wino, tried and true. 他是一个酒鬼，屡试不爽。

Done about everything there is to do. 做什么都没有做。

He worked on freighters, he worked in bars. 他曾在货机，他曾在酒吧。

He worked on farms, 'n he worked on cars. 他曾在农场， N他从事的汽车。

   

It was white port, that put that look in his eye 它是白色的端口，即把那看着他的眼睛

That grown men get when they need to cry 那成年男子获得，当他们需要哭泣

And he sat down on the curb to rest 而他就坐在路边休息

And his head just fell down on his chest 他的头刚刚倒下在他的胸口

   

He said "Every single day it gets 他说：“每一天，它会

A little bit harder to handle and yet..." 有一点很难处理，但......“

And he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered 和他失去了线程和他的心灵得到了混乱

And the words just rolled off down in the gutter 而这句话刚下线倒在阴沟里

   

Well he was elevator man in a cheap hotel 嗯，他是电梯的人在一个便宜的旅馆

In exchange for the rent on a one room cell 在一间客房电池换取租金

He's old in years beyond his time 他老在多年以后他的时间

Thanks to the world, and the white Port wine 由于采用了世界，而白波特酒

   

So he says "Son," he always called me son 所以他说： “儿子， ”他总是叫我的儿子

He said, "Life for you has just begun" 他说， “生命对你才刚刚开始”

And he told me a story that I heard before 他告诉我，我以前听说过的故事

How he fell in love with a Dallas whore 他爱怎么跌了达拉斯妓女

   

Well he could cut through the years to the very night 好吧，他可以通过多年切到很夜

When it ended, in a whore house fight 当它结束后，在妓院打

And she turned his last proposal down 她转过最后一个向下的建议

In favor of being a girl about town 赞成的是一个城里姑娘

   

Now it's been seventeen years right in line 现在，它已经17年右行

And he ain't been straight none of the time 而他没有直没有时间

Too many days of fightin' the weather 争斗的天气太多天

And too many nights of not being together 和太多的不在一起的夜

   

So he died... 于是，他死了...

   

Well when they went through his personal affects 好吧，当他们经历了他个人的影响

In among the stubs from the welfare checks 从福利支票存根中

Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door 是一个女孩crumblin “的图片在门

An address in Dallas, and nothin' more 在达拉斯的一个地址，别无他物

   

The welfare people provided the priest 福利的人提供的牧师

A couple from the mission down the street 一对夫妇从沿街的使命

Sang Amazing Grace, and no one cried 桑奇异恩典，没有人哭

'Cept some woman in black, way off to the side “ CEPT在一旁有些女人在黑，路断

   

We all left and she was standing there 我们都离开了，她站在那里

Black veil covering her silver hair 黑面纱遮白发

And 'ol One-Eyed John said her name was Alice 而“OL独眼约翰说，她的名字是爱丽丝

And she used to be a whore in Dallas 她以前是在达拉斯一个妓女

   

Let him roar, Lord let him roll 让他咆哮，主让他滚

Bet he's gone to Dallas Rest his soul 赌他去了达拉斯休息了他的灵魂

Lord, let him roll, Lord let him roar 主啊，让他滚，上帝让他的咆哮

He always said that heaven 他总是说，天堂

Was just a Dallas whore. 只是一个妓女达拉斯。