His daddy was an honest man, just a red dirt Georgia farmer. 他的爸爸是个老实人，只是一个红土格鲁吉亚农民。

His mother lived her short life having kids and baling hay. 有她短暂的一生中的孩子和打包干草他的母亲住。

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 in Waycross and wound up in L.A. 于是他跳进韦克罗斯货运和缠绕在洛杉矶

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, then the summer came. 他挨饿大多数日子里，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 L.A. street called shame. 出生的洛杉矶街头穷困的孩子叫耻辱。

   

Growing up came easy in the arms of Mabel Joy 长大来得容易在美宝乐的怀抱

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

Yes, the night before she left, sleep came and gave that Waycross country boy 是的，晚上她离开之前，睡眠来了，给了韦克罗斯乡下孩子

a dream of Georgia cotton and a California wife. 乔治亚州的棉花梦想和加利福尼亚的妻子。

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

In place of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine 在地方梅布尔喜悦，他发现一个商家疯狂的海洋

who growled "Your Georgia neck is red, aw, but sonny, you're still green." 谁咆哮道：“你脖子上格是红色的， AW ，但小家伙，你还是绿色的。 ”

   

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

The old judge had no mercy for a Waycross country boy. 老法官没有怜悯的韦克罗斯乡村男孩。

Staring at those four gray walls in silence, 盯着沉默这四个灰色的墙壁，

Lord, he'd just listen for the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy. 主啊，他只是听，因为他知道，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?" 在他的身边，他哭了一颗子弹， “你有没有见过美宝乐？ ”

Stunned and shaken, someone said, "Why she don't live here no more. 震惊和震撼，有人说：“为什么她不住在这里没有更多的。

She left this house four years today, they say she's looking for some Georgia farm boy." 她今天4年离开了这个家，他们说她是在寻找一些佐治亚州的农场男孩。 “