Old white washed barn doors 老白洗谷仓门

Rain rusted tin 雨生锈的锡

Straw packed shirt and blue jeans 秸秆打包衬衫和蓝色牛仔裤

Hangin' in the wind 犹豫不决，在风中

There's never time for these bones to mend 还有从来没有时间对这些骨骼修补

   

Up before the sun dries 之前的太阳烘

The frost on my fields 在我的领域霜

I've got the diesel burnin' 我已经得到了柴油燃尽的

Turnin' these four wheels 撇开这四个轮子

   

Across this land I been handed down 在这片土地我一直在流传下来

Feel my roots run deep in this ground 觉得我的根很深的这片土地

   

So stand me up tall in this seat 于是我站起来身高在这个位子

Lord help me guide this plow beneath my feet 求主帮助我指导这个犁在我脚下

And turn this earth over one more time 并把这个地球上一次

Some say this way of life is done 有人说，这种生活方式是做

But not for my father's son 但不是我父亲的儿子

   

Three Generations 三代

Before I ever came 之前，我曾经来到

Cut back these timbers 削减这些木材

And bet their lives on grain 并打赌他们的生活粮食

   

And I want to see just once before I die 我想看到的只是一次在我死之前

Us doin' more than just barely getting by 我们上来的多只勉强获得通过

   

So stand me up tall in this seat 于是我站起来身高在这个位子

Lord help me guide this plow beneath my feet 求主帮助我指导这个犁在我脚下

And turn this earth over one more time 并把这个地球上一次

Some say this way of life is done 有人说，这种生活方式是做

But not for my father's son 但不是我父亲的儿子

   

Now and then I walk my fence 现在，然后我走我的篱笆

Down by the old country road 下来的旧国道

And watch the cars go rushin' by 看着车走仓促，由

And disappear like ghosts 消失如同鬼魅

   

Out where the sky meets the amber waves 哪里出了天空符合琥珀波

Yeah I'm a rock in this land God made 是的，我在这片土地神创造了一个摇滚

   

So stand me up tall in this seat 于是我站起来身高在这个位子

Lord help me guide this plow beneath my feet 求主帮助我指导这个犁在我脚下

And turn this earth over one more time 并把这个地球上一次

Some say this way of life is done 有人说，这种生活方式是做

But not for my father's son 但不是我父亲的儿子