He was driving home one evening, 他在开车回家的一个晚上，

In his beat up Pontiac 在他一掌庞蒂亚克

When an old lady flagged him down, 当一个老太太标记他，

Her Mercedes had a flat 她的奔驰有一台

He could see that she was frightened, 他看得出来，她被吓坏了，

Standing out there in the snow 在雪地里站在那里

'Til he said I'm here to help you ma'am, 直到他说我是来帮你太太，

By the way my name is Joe 顺便说一句我的名字是乔

   

She said I'm from St. Louis, 她说，我是从圣路易斯是，

And I'm only passing through 而且我只是路过

I must have seen a hundred cars go by, 我必须看到一百辆去了，

This is awful nice of you 这是你特别挑剔

When he changed the tire, 当他换了轮胎，

And closed her trunk 并关闭了她的躯干

And was about to drive away, 正要开走，

She said how much do I owe you 她说多少钱，我欠你

Here's what he had to say 以下是他说的话

   

You don't owe me a thing, I've been there too 你不欠我的事情，我已经有太

Someone once helped me out, 曾经有人帮我，

Just the way I'm helping you 只是我在帮你指路

If you really want to pay me back, 如果你真的想还给我，

Here's what you do 这里是你做了什么

Don't let the chain of love end with you 不要让爱情结束链条与你

   

Well a few miles down the road, 好了几英里的道路，

The lady saw a small cafe 这位女士看到了一个小咖啡馆

She went in to grab a bite to eat, 她进去吃点东西吃，

And then be on her way 而后，在她的途中

But she couldn't help but notice, 但她忍不住注意到，

How the waitress smiled so sweet 如何女服务员微笑如此甜美

And how she must've been eight months along, 怎么她肯定是8个月以来，

And dead on her feet 并死在她的石榴裙下

   

And though she didn't know her story, 虽然她不知道她的故事，

And she probably never will 她可能永远也不会

When the waitress went to get her change, 当服务员去拿她的变化，

From a hundred dollar bill 从百元钞票

The lady slipped right out the door, 这位女士右侧溜出门，

And on a napkin left a note 并在一张餐巾纸上留下一张纸条

There were tears in the waitress's eyes, 有泪水在女服务员的眼睛，

When she read what she wrote 当她读她写的

   

You don't owe me a thing, 你不欠我的东西，

I've been there too 我去过那里了

Someone once helped me out, 曾经有人帮我，

Just the way I'm helping you 只是我在帮你指路

If you really want to pay me back, 如果你真的想还给我，

Here's what you do 这里是你做了什么

Don't let the chain of love end with you 不要让爱情结束链条与你

   

That night when she got home from work, 那天晚上，当她下班回家，

The waitress climbed into bed 女服务员爬上床

She was thinkin' about the money, 她想的是钱，

And what the lady's note had said 什么淑女的笔记说的

As her husband lay there sleeping, 由于她的丈夫躺在那里睡觉，

She whispered soft and low 她低声软，低

Everything's gonna be alright, I love you, Joe 一切都会好起来的，我爱你，乔