I sailed in on the good intent í航行在良好的意图

With all intentions clear 明确所有意图

A man without a mystery 人无谜

A vision brought me here 愿景把我带到这里

The ocean gave me room to roam 大海给了我空间漫游

But the shore is calling out 但岸边的呼唤

So I will marry, built a home 所以我会结婚，建立家庭

And see what that's about ，看看这对

   

Children came by the dozens then 孩子们又来到了几十个，然后

Drifting south like rain 沙僧南如雨

I worked the soil, I used the gun 我工作的土壤，我用的枪

The waves have to turned to grain 海浪已经到转向粮食

I tried to love this Arkansas 我试着喜欢这个阿肯色州

With black and bleeding hands 有黑色和流血的手

But I will not survive this life 不过，我将无法生存今生

But I'll become a man 但我会成为一个男人

   

My brother sold my mother's house 我哥哥卖了我母亲的房子

I never shed a tear 我从来没有流下一滴眼泪

I could watch the world in smoke 我能看世界的烟

There's nothin' for me here 有什么也没对我来说在这里

I've seen behind the darkened vail 我已经看到了黑暗的幔子后面

That's all I want to know 这就是我想知道

   

So I'll sail off on the good intent 所以我就打算好了航行

To my true happy home 给我真正的幸福家园

Yes, I sail off on the good intent 是的，我航行过的好意

Never more to roam 永不再漫游