Well they took me home in the back of a checker cab 那么，他们把我带回家中检查车子后面

After somebody took a chair cross the back of my head 后有人拿了一把椅子过我的后脑勺

My mama said bring him on in 我妈妈说带他上

And when they told her where I'd been she said 而当他们告诉她，我一直在说，她

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

   

Well mama never said a word as she patched my head 好妈妈从来没有说过一句话，她修补我的头

I figured she wasn't happy with me gettin' her out of bed 我想她不开心我刚开了她下床

I said mama I hope you ain't mad 我说：妈妈，我希望你是不是疯了

She said come on we're going back hey 她说，来吧，我们要回嘿嘿

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

   

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

What a world it would be 呢个世界，将是

If we could all just have fun 如果我们都只是有乐趣

'Cause it don't do nobody right “因为它不做任何人的权利

When it comes down to a fight hey 当涉及到战斗哎

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

   

Now when I got trouble ain't no one I'd rather have 现在，当我的麻烦是不是没有人，我宁愿有

Than my mama next to me with a broken bottle in her hand 比我的妈妈在我旁边有一个破碎的酒瓶在她的手

She went in swingin' and when she got through 她走进去荡秋千，当她通过了

Everybody saw her point of view she said 每个人都看到了她的观点，她说：

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

   

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

What a world it would be 呢个世界，将是

If we could all just have fun 如果我们都只是有乐趣

'Cause it don't do nobody right “因为它不做任何人的权利

When it comes down to a fight hey 当涉及到战斗哎

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

   

Well now things don't always run smooth in a honky tonk 现在好了，事情并不总是一帆风顺的低级夜总会运行

And some nights somebody's gonna rub somebody wrong 而有些晚上有人的会蹭别人错

And in those isolated incidents 在那些孤立的事件

We all loose our common sense hey 我们都失去我们的常识哎

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

   

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处

What a world it would be 呢个世界，将是

If we could all just have fun 如果我们都只是有乐趣

'Cause it don't do nobody right “因为它不做任何人的权利

When it comes down to a fight hey 当涉及到战斗哎

Why can't people just get along 为什么人们不能只是相处