Let's go to Louisiana, boys 让我们去路易斯安那州，男孩

   

Way down in Louisiana 在路易斯安那州一路下滑

Where the moss and cypress grew 当苔藓和柏树增长

You'd find old Jack in a shotgun shack 你会发现老杰克的猎枪窝棚

In the back of the black bayou 在黑河口的背面

   

Some folks called him crazy 有些人说他疯了

But I knew better than that 但我知道比这更好

He kept a hundred dollar bill 他保持着百元钞票

Tucked away in the brim 在边缘里藏着

Of his dirty old cowboy hat 他肮脏的老牛仔帽

   

Jack told me a story 杰克告诉我一个故事

When I was ten years old 在我10岁

He said, "There was once a fool 他说：“从前有个笨蛋

Tried to swim this swamp 试图游这片沼泽地

With his back weighted down with gold" 背对加权金降“

   

He said, "You should've seen that alligator smile 他说， “你应该已经看到鳄鱼的笑容

He had a meal fit for a king 他有一餐适合国王

But he ened up on my table son 但他ened在我的桌子的儿子

Money ain't everything" 钱不是万能的“

   

He said, "There's only one way into this world 他说， “只有一个办法了这个世界

And one way out it's true 和一个出路是真的

You either eat the alligator 你要么吃鳄鱼

Or he's gonna eat you" 或者他会吃了你“

   

"There's people livin' in a high-rise “还有人活着的高楼

That'll never hear a robin sing 这将永远听不到一只知更鸟唱

What good is first place 有什么好处放在首位

When you're in a rat race 当你在激烈的竞争

Money ain't everything" 钱不是万能的“

   

Little Maggie May was dying 小玛姬五月病危

Her heart was about to go 她的心脏快要走

When her daddy found a sack 当她的爸爸发现了一麻袋

On the porch out back 上了后面的门廊

With half a million dollars in gold 有了五十万美元的黄金

   

But they still talk about the stranger 但是他们仍然谈论陌生人

Who saved her life that spring 谁救了她的生命春天

No name on the note 就说明没有名字

But someone wrote 不过，有人写

Money ain't everything 钱不是万能的

   

He said, "There's only one way into this world 他说， “只有一个办法了这个世界

And one way out it's true 和一个出路是真的

You either eat the alligator 你要么吃鳄鱼

Or he's gonna eat you" 或者他会吃了你“

   

"There's people livin' in a high-rise “还有人活着的高楼

That'll never hear a robin sing 这将永远听不到一只知更鸟唱

What good is first place 有什么好处放在首位

When you're in a rat race 当你在激烈的竞争

Money ain't everything" 钱不是万能的“

   

No name on the note 就说明没有名字

But I know who wrote 但我知道是谁写的

Money ain't everything 钱不是万能的