Come to the door Ma, and unlock the chain 走到门口马，和解锁链

I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain 我只是passin “通过和被抓住了在雨中

There's nothing I want, nothin' that you need say 有什么我想，没什么，你需要说

Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way? 只要让我躺了一会，我会在我的方式？

   

I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen 我只不过是一个孩子更多的时候，你把我放在南部皇后

With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans 用在我的背上，警方我逃了新奥尔良

I fought in the dockyards and with the money I made 我打的造船厂，并与钱我做了

I knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade 我知道战斗是我的家，血是我的贸易

   

Baton Rouge, Poncitoula, and Lafayette town 巴吞鲁日， Poncitoula ，和拉法叶镇

Well they paid me their money Ma I knocked the men down 那么，他们付给我的钱马我敲的男子下来

I did what I did well it come easily 我做了我没那么它来之不易

Restraint and mercy Ma were always strangers to me 克制和怜悯马总是陌生人给我

   

I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud 我在一个满是泥土的领域争取冠军杰克·汤普森

Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood 透过帐篷的帆布大雨倾盆，并与我们的血液混合

In the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw 在第十二我溜我的舌头在我的颚破

I stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor 我站在了他和他的敲打血淋淋的尸体进楼

Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on 以及上课铃响了铃响了，我仍不断

'Till I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone 直到我觉得我的手套皮革防滑二层他的皮肤和骨骼

   

Then the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track 然后，女人和金钱来快速的日子里，我失去了轨道

The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black 女红，钱青，但其数目是黑人

I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets 我在她们的丝绸衣服放下赌注的战斗的男人

I took my good share Ma, I have no regrets 我把我的好股妈，我没有遗憾

   

Then I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDowell 然后，我把修复的状态，军械库大约翰·麦克道尔

From high in the rafters I watched myself fall 从高椽子我看着自己跌倒

As he raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black 当他抬起胳膊我的胃扭曲，天空也变成了黑色

I stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back 我塞进我的包里有他们的好钱，我再也没有回头

   

Understand, in the end Ma every man plays the game 明白了，到底马每个人玩游戏

If you know me one different then speak out his name 如果你知道我一个不同，那么讲出自己的名字

Ma if my voice now you don't recognize 如果我的声音你不承认马

Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes 然后，只需打开车门，看着你的黑眼睛

I ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile, 我问你没什么，不是一个吻没有笑容，

Just open the door and let me lie down for a while 刚打开门，让我躺一会

   

Now the gray rain's fallin' and my ring fightin's done 现在灰雨的坠落“和我的戒指格斗的完成

So in the work fields and alleys I take all who'll come 因此，在工作领域和小巷我把所有谁就会来

If you're a better man than me then just step to the line 如果你是一个更好的人不是我，然后只需一步就行

Now there's nothin' I want Ma nothin' that you need say 现在有没什么我想马没什么，你需要说

Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way 只要让我躺了一会，我会在我的方式

   

Tonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt 今晚在船厂一个人画一个圆圈中的污垢

I move to the center and I take off my shirt 我谨动议到中央，我脱下我的衬衫

I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain, 我研究了他的伤口，疤痕，疼痛，

Man, nor the time can erase 男人，也没有时间可以抹去

I move hard to the left and I strike to the face 我谨动议难左，我打在脸上