Me and Virgil were best of friends 我和维吉尔是最好的朋友

Brothers til the very end 兄弟直到尽头

Made a pact one sunny afternoon 做了一个协议在一个阳光灿烂的下午

Down by Coalpepper Creek 下降Coalpepper溪

Fishing holes and skipping rocks 渔洞跳过岩石

Down the railroad tracks we’d talk 顺着铁轨，我们会聊

‘bout girls & cars & hopes & dreams 布特女孩与汽车及希望与梦想

the way our lives would be 顺便我们的生活会

& we swore we’d never change 与我们发誓，我们永远不会改变

we would always be the same 我们将始终是相同的

   

Virgil met the Holy ghost 维吉尔遇到圣灵

A little younger than most 年轻一点比大多数

At the Jeelapy Pentacostal tent-revival alter call 在Jeelapy Pentacostal帐篷复兴改变通话

Everyone from town was there that day 从城里每个人都在那里，一天

When Virgil gave his soul away 当维吉尔把自己的灵魂离开

They were praisin’ as I waited 他们praisin “我等着

Outside the Gospel hall 外福音大厅

Where we swore we’d never change 我们发誓，我们永远不会改变

But it would never be the same 但是，这将永远是相同的

   

‘cause it was later on that year “导致后来正是在这一年

the winter that our mama died 我们的妈妈死了冬天

when I told Virgil I don’t want to hear 当我告诉维吉尔，我不想听

‘bout love & peace inside “回合爱与和平里

‘cause if this God you know is good 因为如果这个上帝，你知道是好的

how could he allow the pain 他怎么可能允许之痛

life’s been hard enough, so why would I want to be born again? 生活中一直努力不够，所以我为什么要重生？

   

The other night, me & Virgil spoke 有一天晚上，我和维吉尔说话

He travels with the Holy Ghost 他踏遍了圣灵

Holding tent-revivals, he’s out to seek & save 拿着帐篷的复兴，他出去寻找与拯救

Virgil says he’s been set free 维吉尔说，他被释放

By Jesus dying on a tree 耶稣死在一棵树上

& I’m not sure what I believe, my questions still remain - 我不知道我相信什么，我的问题依然存在

Virgil says that when he prays 维吉尔说，当他祈祷

He asks the Lord that I’d be saved 他问，我会被保存在主

I guess some things never change 我想有些事情是不会改变