Look out, Mama, 看的出来，妈妈，

there's a white boat 有一个白色的船

comin' up the river 马上就要来了河

With a big red beacon, 用大红色的灯塔，

and a flag, 和一个标志，

and a man on the rail 和上轨的男人

I think you'd better call John, 我想你最好打电话约翰，

'Cause it don't “因为它不

look like they're here 看起来他们在这里

to deliver the mail 传递邮件

And it's less than a mile away 而且它的不到一英里远

I hope they didn't come to stay 我希望他们不来住

It's got numbers on the side 它有在旁边的数字

and a gun 和枪

And it's makin' big waves. 而且它是金大波。

   

Daddy's gone, 爸爸走了，

my brother's out hunting 我弟弟的外出打猎

in the mountains 在山上

Big John's been drinking 大约翰一直在喝

since the river took Emmy-Lou 由于河水了艾美奖楼

So the powers that be 因此，权力是这样

left me here 这里给我留下

to do the thinkin' 做想的

And I just turned twenty-two 我刚满22

I was wonderin' what to do 我迷惘做什么

And the closer they got, 越接近他们得到了，

The more those feelings grew. 越是那些感觉长大。

   

Daddy's rifle in my hand 爸爸的枪在我手中

felt reassurin' 觉得reassurin

He told me, 他告诉我，

Red means run, son, 红色代表来说，儿子，

numbers add up to nothin' 数字加起来没什么

But when the first shot 但第一枪时

hit the docks I saw it comin' 打码头，我看到它坠落

Raised my rifle to my eye 提出了我的枪给我的眼

Never stopped to wonder why. 永远不要停下来想知道为什么。

Then I saw black, 然后，我看到了黑色，

And my face splashed in the sky. 而我的脸泼在天空中。

   

Shelter me from the powder 收留我从粉

and the finger 和手指

Cover me with the thought 掩护我的想法

that pulled the trigger 该扣动了扳机

Think of me 想起我

as one you'd never figured 作为一个你从来没有想通

Would fade away so young 会消失这么年轻

With so much left undone 有了这么多的百废待兴

Remember me to my love, 请代我向我的爱，

I know I'll miss her. 我知道我会想念她。