Lord his Daddy was an honest man, just a red dirt Georgia farmer 耶和华他的爸爸是个老实人，只是一个红土格鲁吉亚农民

And his momma lived her short life having kids and baling hay 并且有了孩子和打包干草她短暂的一生中他的妈妈住

He had fifteen years and he ached inside to wander 他有十五年，他疼里面徘徊

So he jumped a freight at Waycross and wound up in LA. 于是，他跳了运费在韦克罗斯和缠绕在洛杉矶。

   

The cold nights had no pity on that Waycross, Georgia farm boy 冷夜对的韦克罗斯，佐治亚州的农场男孩没有遗憾

Most days he went hungry, and then the summer came 他又大多时候饿了，然后夏天来了

He met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco's Mabel Joy 他会见了著名的地带作为旧金山的美宝欢乐的女孩

Destitution's child, born of an LA. street called "Shame" 贫困的孩子，出生在洛杉矶。街道被称为“耻辱”

   

Growing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy 在美宝乐的怀里长大悄悄地来到

Laughter found their mornings brought a meaning to his life 笑发现自己早晨带来了意义，他的人生

And the night before she left sleep came and left that Waycross, country boy 她离开睡眠的前一天晚上来了，就离开了这韦克罗斯，乡下孩子

With dreams of Georgia cotton and a California wife 格鲁吉亚棉花的梦想和加州的妻子

   

Sunday morning found him standing 'neath the red light at her door 星期天早上发现他站在照耀下红灯找上门

When a right cross sent him reeling, put him face down on the floor 当右路传中送他缫丝，把他面朝下放在地板上

And in place of his Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine 而在他的地方梅布尔喜悦，他发现了一个商人疯狂的海洋

Who growled, "Your Georgia neck is red but Sonny you're still green" 谁咆哮道：“你的脖子格是红色的，但桑尼你还绿”

   

He turned twenty-one in a grey rock federal prison 他转身在一个灰色的岩石联邦监狱服刑21

The old judge had no mercy on that Waycross, Georgia boy 老法官没有怜悯的韦克罗斯，佐治亚州的男孩

Staring at those four grey walls, in silence he would listen 盯着那四个灰色的墙壁，在沉默中，他会听

To the midnight freight he knew would take him back to Mabel Joy 要知道，他会带他回美宝乐午夜运费

   

Sunday morning found him lying 'neath the red light at her door 星期天早上发现他躺在照耀下红灯找上门

With a bullet in his side, he cried "Have you seen Mabel Joy!" 在他身边的一颗子弹，他哭了：“你见到梅布尔快乐！ ”

Stunned and shaken someone said "Son, she don't live here no more 震惊和动摇的人说：“孩子，她不住在这里没有更多的

She left this house four years today, they say she's looking for ... 她今天4年离开了这个家，他们说她在寻找...

Some Georgia farm boy 一些格鲁吉亚的农家子弟