Crickets are chirpin' the water is high 蟋蟀chirpin 的水是高

There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry 有就行了犹豫不决，用柔软的干棉布连衣裙

Window wide open African trees 窗户敞开非洲树

Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze 向后弯腰从飓风风

Not a word of goodbye not even a note 再见不是一个字都不记

She gone with the man in the long black coat. 她走了与该男子的黑色长大衣。

   

Somebody seen him hangin' around 有人看到他犹豫不决，围绕

As the old dance hall on the outskirts of town 由于在城市郊区的老歌舞厅

He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask 他看着她的眼睛时，她叫住了他问

If he wanted to dance he had a face like a mask 如果他想跳舞，他像一个面具脸

Somebody said from the bible he'd quote 有人从圣经中他会引述说

There was dust on the man in the long black coat. 有灰尘的男子在黑色长大衣。

   

Preacher was talking there's a sermon he gave 传教士是说有一个布道，他给

He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved 他说，每个人的良心是邪恶和堕落的

You cannot depend on it to be your guide 你不能依靠它来当你的向导

When it's you who must keep it satisfied 当它是你谁必须保持满意

It ain't easy to swallow it sticks in the throat 这是不容易把它咽下去梗在喉

She gave her heart to the man in the long black coat. 她把自己的心脏给男人的黑色长大衣。

   

There are no mistakes in life some people say 生活中有没有失误有些人说

It is true sometimes you can see it that way 它有时是真实的，你可以看到这样的说法

But people don't live or die people just float 但是，人们不活或死的人只是浮

She went with the man in the long black coat. 她去与该男子在黑色长大衣。

   

There's smoke on the water it's been there since June 有烟从上月它已经有水

Tree trunks unprooted beneath the high crescent moon 树干unprooted高月牙之下

Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force 把脉和振动和隆隆力

Somebody is out there beating on a dead horse 有人在那里敲打死马

She never said nothing there was nothing she wrote 她从来没有说过什么没有什么，她写道：

She gone with the man in the long black coat. 她走了与该男子的黑色长大衣。