Well, the last time I remember 好了，最后一次我记得

That train stopping at the depot 那列火车停在车厂

Was when me and my Aunt Veta 是当我和我的阿姨女杰

Came riding back from Waco 来自韦科骑回来

I remember I was wearing 我记得我穿着

My long pants and we was sharing 我的长裤和大家分享了

Conversation with a man 谈话的男人

Who sold ball-point pens and paper 谁卖圆珠笔和纸

   

And the train stopped once in Clifton 而列车停克利夫顿一次

Where my Aunt bought me some ice cream 凡我姑姑给我买了一些雪糕

And my Mom was there to meet us 而我的妈妈在那里迎接我们

When the train pulled into Kopperl 当列车驶入Kopperl

   

But now kids at night break window lights 但是，现在的孩子在夜间休息窗灯

And the sound of trains only remains 和火车的声音仅剩

In the memory of the ones like me 在像我的那些记忆

Who have turned their backs on the splintered cracks 谁已经把他们背在四分五裂的裂缝

In the walls that stand on the railroad land 在该站上铁路用地的壁

Where we used to play and then run away 我们经常玩，然后跑开

From the depot man 从车厂的人

   

I remember me and brother 我记得我和弟弟

Used to run down to the depot 用于跑到车厂

Just to listen to the whistle 只是听哨

When the train pulled into Kopperl 当列车驶入Kopperl

And the engine big and shiny 与发动机又大又闪亮

Black as coal that fed the fire 黑如煤炭，联储火

And the engineer would smile and say, 和工程师会笑着说，

"Howdy, how ya fellows?" “你好，怎么雅研究员？ ”

   

And the people by the windows 和人民的窗户

Playing cards and reading papers 扑克牌和阅读试卷

Looked as far away to us 看着远至美国

As next summer's school vacation 至于明年夏天的学校假期