One night while I was out a ridin' 一天晚上，当我出来坐车

The grave yard shift, midnight 'til dawn 该墓地移，半夜，直到天亮

The moon was bright as a readin' light 月亮是光亮如看书“光

For a letter from an old friend back home 对于老朋友回家的信

And he asked me 他问我

Why do you ride for your money 为什么你骑你的钱

Tell me why do you rope for short pay 告诉我，为什么你的绳子短的薪酬

You ain't a'gettin' nowhere 你是不是agettin “无处

And you're loosin' your share 而你面对失去你的分享

Boy, you must have gone crazy out there 小子，你一定疯了那里

He said last night I ran on to Jenny 他说，昨晚我跑珍妮

She's married and has a good life 她已婚，有一个良好的生活

And boy you sure missed the track 和孩子你肯定错过了轨道

When you never come back 当你再也回不来了

She's the perfect professional's wife 她是完美的专业人士的妻子

And she asked me 她问我

Why does he ride for his money 为什么他骑他的钱

And tell me why does he rope for short pay 告诉我为什么他的绳子短的薪酬

He ain't a'gettin' nowhere 他不是agettin “无处

And he's loosin' his share 而他面对失去“他的份额

Boy he must've gone crazy out there 男孩，他一定是疯了那里

Ah but they've never seen the Northern Lights 啊，但他们从来没有见过的北极光

They've never seen a hawk on the wing 他们从来没有见过的翼鹰

They've never spent spring on the Great Divide 他们从来没有花春天的大分水岭

And they've never heard ole' camp cookie sing 他们从来没有听说过OLE “阵营的cookie唱

Well I read up the last of my letter 嗯，我读了我最后的一封信

And I tore off the stamp for black Jim 我撕下黑色吉姆邮票

And when Billy rode up to relieve me 当比利骑着高达减轻我的负担

He just looked at my letter and grinned 他只是看着我的信，并露齿而笑

He said now 他说，现在

Why do they ride for their money 为什么他们乘坐他们的钱

Tell me why do they ride for short pay 告诉我，为什么他们骑短付

They ain't a'gettin' nowhere 他们是不是agettin “无处

And they're loosin' their share 他们正在面对失去的份额

Boy, they must've gone crazy out there 男孩，他们一定是疯了那里

Son, they all must be crazy out there 儿子，他们都一定是疯了那里