Oh, he listens to the countdown every Sunday morning 哦，他听倒计时每周日上午

From a cold solitary prison cell 从寒冷孤独的牢房

And the music from his radio is like freedom down a dirt road 而从他的广播音乐就像是自由下来的土路

Makes that eight by ten a brighter hell 让八个十个更加美好的地狱

   

Before he started doing all the hard time that he's doing 之前，他就开始做所有的困难时期，他在做什么

He was singing in them honky-tonks and dives 他在唱他们白鬼，唐克斯和潜水

He dreamed of being somebody, now he's number 37405 他梦想成为的人，现在他的号码37405

   

Well she used to come and see him every other weekend 好吧，她常来看望他每隔一周的周末

And bring him all the news from way back home 并把他所有的消息从踏上回家的路

It's been two birthdays since he's kissed her, 它已经两个生日，因为他吻了她，

Five seconds since he's missed her 五秒钟，因为他错过了她

Now the perfume on those letters ain't that strong 现在，这些信件的香水是不是强

   

He's got too much time to think about the night he had too much to drink 他有太多的时间去想晚上他喝太多

And all his buddies, they begged him not to drive 和他所有的哥们，他们恳求他不要开车

Mr. Life of the Party is now number 37405 生活中的党先生，现任数37405

   

Old judge on the bench said, "Son, your crime's got consequences." 板凳上的老法官说， “儿子，你的犯罪的后果了。 ”

It's what he told him fifteen years ago 这是什么，他告诉他十五年前

He took a life and that's a fact, he'd give his own to give it back 他把一个生命，这是一个事实，他想给自己，给它回

Today's the day he finally gets parole 今天他终于得到假释的一天

   

He turns in them prison clothes, and stands there at the fork in the road 他变成了他们的监狱的衣服，站在那里的岔路口

And mama prays and waits while he decides 和妈妈祈祷和等待，而他决定

And the angels close their eyes... 和天使闭上双眼......

   

Listens to the birds sing on a perfect autumn morning 听鸟唱一个完美的秋天的早晨

Just down the road rings an old church bell 刚刚在路上环一座古老的教堂钟声