Momma never seemed to miss the finer things in life 妈妈似乎从来没有错过的精致生活

If she did, she never did say so to daddy 如果她做到了，她从来没有这么说爸爸

She never wanted to be more than mother and a wife 她从来没有想过要超过母亲和妻子

If she did, she never did say so to daddy 如果她做到了，她从来没有这么说爸爸

   

The only things that seemed to be important in her life 这似乎是唯一的事情是在她生命中重要的

Was to make our house a home and make us happy 是使我们的房子一个家，让我们快乐

Momma never wanted anymore than what she had 妈妈从来没有想过再比她

If she did, she never did say so to daddy 如果她做到了，她从来没有这么说爸爸

   

He often left her all alone 他经常离开她独自一人

She didn't mind the stayin' home 她不介意留下来的家

If she did, she never did say so to daddy 如果她做到了，她从来没有这么说爸爸

And she never missed the flowers 她从来没有错过花

And the gifts he never gave her 和礼物，他从来没有给过她

If she did, she never did say so to daddy 如果她做到了，她从来没有这么说爸爸

   

Being took for granted was a thing that she accepted 作为理所当然是事情，她接受

And she didn't need those things to make her happy 她并不需要这些东西让她幸福

She didn't even seem to notice 她甚至没有似乎并不在意

That he didn't kiss and hold her 他不吻和抱她

If she did, she never did say so to daddy 如果她做到了，她从来没有这么说爸爸

   

One morning we awoke 一天早晨，我们醒来的时候

Just to find the note 刚找到的说明

That momma carefully wrote 那妈妈认真地写下

And left to daddy 离开爸爸

And as he began to read it 当他开始阅读

Our ears could not believe it 我们的耳朵简直不敢相信

The words that she had written there to daddy 这是她写给那里爸爸的话

   

She said our kids are old enough 她说，我们的孩子都已经长大

And they don't need me very much 他们不需要我很

So I've gone in search for love I need so badly 所以，我已经走了，寻找爱情，我需要这么惨

I have needed you so long 我需要你这么久

But I just can't keep holdin' on 但是我就是不能让牵着上

She never meant to come back home 她从未想过要回家

If she did, she never did say so to daddy 如果她做到了，她从来没有这么说爸爸

   

Momma's gone 妈妈走了

Good-bye to daddy 再见爸爸