Driving to a baseball game on a Friday afternoon 开车到棒球比赛在星期五下午

Hotter than hell in Atlanta, Georgia. 比地狱在佐治亚州亚特兰大热。

I guess it's been fifteen years since I came through here 我想这是十五年了，因为我来到这里，通过

Probably should have called to warn you. 也许应该叫警告你。

   

But I'm stopping by. I'm stopping by, Daddy. 但我串门。我串门，爸爸。

   

How did your life turn out? Do you ever think about 你的生活是怎么收场呢？你有没有想过

a teenage girl in Chattanooga? 一个十几岁的女孩在查塔努加？

You ever tell your folks the truth? 你告诉过你的人的真相？

That might've been the last of you. 这可能已经过去的你。

Would've been a shame. We hardly knew ya. 会一直是个耻辱。我们几乎不认识你。

   

Now I'm stopping by. I'm stopping by, Daddy. 现在我串门。我串门，爸爸。

   

I think the best of me's still standing in the doorway 我认为最好的我仍然站在门口

Counting cars and counting days and counting years 计算汽车和计数天，年票

I could say you made me go through life the hard way 我说你让我经历人生艰辛的道路

But it might've been worse if you were here. 但它可能已经很糟糕了，如果你在这里。

   

Looking through a picture book. There's one I think my momma took. 翻翻一本图画书。还有一个我想我的妈妈了。

You couldn't have been much over twenty. 你不可能一直很多20多公里。

Shirtless in your cutoff jeans, you hand a lollipop to me. 赤裸上身在截止牛仔裤，你的手一个棒棒糖给我。

I probably asked where you got the money. 我大概问，你拿到了钱。

   

A picture on another page. I recognize my eyes have aged. 另一页上的图片。我承认我的眼睛已经老化。

I'd been alone for quite a while then. 我一直独自在相当长的一段话。

Trying to get a match to burn. Waiting on a latch to turn. 试图让比赛燃烧。等待一个闩锁打开。

I still have difficulty smiling. 我仍然有困难，面带微笑。

   

But I'm stopping by. I'm stopping by, Daddy. 但我串门。我串门，爸爸。

   

I think the best of me's still standing in the doorway. 我认为最好的我仍然站在门口。

Whatever's left is headed south on 85. 凡是左边是往南85 。

Passing families on vacation headed your way. 度假传递家庭为首的路。

They look so happy and alive, and I'm stopping by, Daddy. 他们看起来很快乐地活着，而且我串门，爸爸。