I was born down in the bottoms of the flat black Delta land 我是在平坦的黑色三角地的底部天生下来

I grew up picking cotton in the Mississippi sand 我从小在密西西比沙子摘棉花

My mama said son take that girl and go make her your wife 我妈妈说，儿子把那个女孩去她做老婆

Or you'll be stuck here in this mud all of your life 或者你会在这泥困在这里所有你的生活

   

Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold 将水滚了一切办法这个秘密，我认为

Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul 将水滚了这一切将它洗净我的灵魂疼痛

But a man's gotta make it sometime a man's gotta take a stand 但是，一个人的宝贝让某个男人的宝贝，坐一站

Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand 或者他会被甩在密西西比河沙

   

A stranger came to town with two torn shoes upon his feet 一个陌生人来到小镇后，他的脚2撕裂鞋

Singing songs of sadness picking girls off of the street 唱悲伤的女孩采摘过的歌曲的街道

He made a little bit of music was a leader of a band 他做音乐的点点是一个乐队的领导者

And they call him the muddy Mississippi band 他们叫他在泥泞的密西西比河带

   

My girl was Ruby Colter and she was on her teens 我的女孩是Ruby的犁头，她是在她十几岁

I took her out to churches to socials schools and things 我带她到教会联谊学校的事情

She was a rose just right for picking and he nipped her in the bud 她是一朵玫瑰花正好可以采摘，他扼杀了她在萌芽状态

And he left her here in the Mississippi mud 他离开了她在这里的密西西比泥

   

Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold 将水滚了一切办法这个秘密，我认为

Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul 将水滚了这一切将它洗净我的灵魂疼痛

But a man's gotta make it sometime a man's gotta take a stand 但是，一个人的宝贝让某个男人的宝贝，坐一站

Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand 或者他会被甩在密西西比河沙

   

Then me and old Carl we caught him right down by the store 然后我和老卡尔，我们抓住了他的权力下放的商店

We choked him just a little bit and held him to the floor 我们呛他只是一点点，并举行了他在地板上

We relived him of his pocketbook his blood and other things 我们重温他的钱袋子了他的血液和其他的东西

Now the Mississippi man's no longer mean 现在密西西比河男人的不再吝啬

   

Will the water roll it all way this secret that I hold 将水滚了一切办法这个秘密，我认为

Will the water roll it all away will it cleanse my aching soul 将水滚了这一切将它洗净我的灵魂疼痛

But a man's gotta make it sometime a man's gotta take a stand 但是，一个人的宝贝让某个男人的宝贝，坐一站

Or he'll get left in the Mississippi sand 或者他会被甩在密西西比河沙