I was raised off of old Route 3 我当时提出了老三号干线

Out past where the blacktop ends 走出过去所在的柏油路结束

We'd walked to church on Sunday morning 我们会走到教堂周日上午

Race barefoot back to the Johnson's fence 比赛赤足回到了约翰逊的篱笆

That's where I first saw Mary 这就是我第一次见到玛丽

On that roadside pickin' blackberries 在那个路边再找黑莓

That summer I turned a corner in my soul 那年夏天，我在灵魂拐了个弯

Down that red dirt road 下来是红色的土路

   

It's where I drank my first beer 这就是我喝了我的第一个啤酒

It's where I found Jesus 这就是我发现耶稣

Where I wrecked my first car 在那里我摧残了我的第一辆车

I tore it all to pieces 我撕掉了一切成碎片

I learned the path to heaven is full of sinners and believers 我学的路径，天堂充满了罪人和信徒

Learned that happiness on earth ain't just for high achievers 据悉，快乐在地球上不只是高成就

I've learned I've come to know 我已经学会了，我才知道

There's life at both ends 有生命的两端

Of that red dirt road 那个红色的土路

   

Her daddy didn't like me much 她的爸爸不喜欢我多

With my shackled up GTO 与我铐起来GTO

I'd sneak out in the middle of the night 我偷偷溜出去，在半夜

Throw rocks at her bedroom window 扔石头，在她的卧室的窗户

We'd turn out the headlights 我们想转出前大灯

Drive by the moonlight 在月光下驾驶

Talk about what the future might hold 谈论未来可能会持什么样的

Down a red dirt road 下来一个红色的土路

   

I went out into the world, and I came back in 我去外面的世界，我在回来

I lost Mary, oh I got her back again 我失去了玛丽，哦，我得到了她回来了

And driving home tonight feels like I've found a long lost friend 驾车回家，今晚感觉好像我已经找到了久违的朋友