Well me 'n oliver 'n Virgil were in the drugstore killin' time 好吧我N奥利弗N维吉尔是在药店杀人时间

When my eyes fell upon this magazine 当我的眼睛在这本杂志下跌

Well I got to reading this article about sky diving and parachutes 嗯，我一定要阅读这篇文章跳伞和伞

Said jumpin out of airplanes was the thing 说冒险走出飞机是事

Being raised down on the farm and always ready for adventure 被提出在农场，随时准备冒险

Well I knew that I could find a way 嗯，我知道我能找到一种方法

Delmer Gill he's got a parachute and uncle Harvey's got an airplane 德尔默吉尔他有一个降落伞和叔叔哈维得到了一架飞机

So we called the boys together 因此，我们呼吁孩子们在一起

Today's the day 今天的一天

Well I found out too late what Uncle Harvey called an airplane 好吧，我发现得太晚了哈维叔叔叫飞机

It was nothing but an engine and a wing 这是什么，但发动机和机翼

Now I felt my fear begin to rise as Delmer packed that parachute 现在，我觉得我的担心开始上升为德尔默挤满了跳伞

Cuz' he told me I was doing the right thing 的Cuz 他告诉我我是做正确的事

   

Ron McGloughlan shook my hand and JD strapped me in the harness 罗恩McGloughlan握着我的手和JD我绑在安全带

Some children brought a jug and they passed it round 有些孩子带来了酒壶，他们通过这一轮

Well I took one look at that parachute and that whiskey and that airplane 嗯，我看了一眼那个降落伞和威士忌和飞机

And I turned that bottle up and I drank it down 我原来那个瓶子了，我喝了下去

Well I was drunker that Cooter Jones when they poured me in the plane 嗯，我是醉了库特·琼斯时，他们给我倒在飞机上

Say the engine coughed and headed for the clouds. 说发动机咳嗽和云为首。

Well I was sober as a judge when Harvey opened up the door 嗯，我是清醒的判断，当哈维打开了房门

And I never known my heart could beat so loud. 我从来不知道我的心脏能打败这么大声。

I screamed "Harvey, I can't do this. You and I have known each other a very long time and you've been my uncle all my life and to ask another human being to jump out of an airplane at this altitude and this velocity is simply ridiculous man" at which point he kicked me out the door 我尖叫着“哈维，我不能做到这一点，你和我彼此很长的时间了解和你是我的叔叔我所有的生活，并要求另一个人跳出飞机在这个高度，这速度简直是可笑的男人“在这一点上，他踢我出了门

And I wrapped my hands around the landing gear 我裹着我的手周围的起落架

And I was holding on real good til Harvey stepped upon my fingers 我是抱着真正的好直到哈维踩在我的手指

And Virgil heard me scream from way down there 和维吉尔听到我的路在那儿尖叫

Well I'd thank God and I'd thank Buddha I'd thank Jesus I'd thank Judah 嗯，我会感谢上帝，我感谢菩萨我感谢耶稣我感谢犹大

I'd thank Krishna and all the lesser Hindu gods 我要感谢克里希和所有的小印度教诸神

Most of all thank my good friend Delmer Gill when my parachute finally opened 我最想感谢我的好朋友德尔默吉尔时，我的降落伞终于打开

And I thought hell there ain't no use in being afraid 我以为地狱中没有害怕没有用

I came crashing through that hen house 我是通过鸡舍崩溃

I scared chickens I broke eggs í吓得鸡我打破鸡蛋

And then I kissed that ground and I fainted dead away 然后我吻了地上，我晕倒死远点

Now friends I've been in a few battles 现在的朋友我已经在几次战斗

And I've been shot at once or twice 我一直在拍一次或两次

And I've damned near been runned over by a train 我也该死附近被拼命地跑在了火车

But I never do remember ever feeling so afraid 但我从来没有记得曾经感到很害怕

As that day I jumped from Uncle Harvey's plane. 因为这一天，我从哈维叔叔的飞机上跳下。