Friday night's pay night, guys fresh out of work 周五晚上的薪酬夜，新鲜人没有工作

Talking about the weekend, scrubbing off the dirt 在谈到周末擦洗掉污物

Some heading home to their families, some looking to get hurt 一些回家给家人，有的希望受伤

Some going down to Stovell wearing trouble on their shirts 有人下到Stovell戴的麻烦对他们的衬衫

I work for the county out on 95 í为县制定出95

All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by 整整一天，我持红旗，观看交通从我身边经过

In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss 在我的脑子里，我让一个漂亮的小美女图片

Someday, mister, I'm gonna lead a better life than this 有一天，先生，我要带领一个比这更好的生活

   

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Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop 工作在高速公路上，铺设了柏油路

Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop 工作在高速公路上，我整天不停止

Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock 工作在高速公路上，通过基岩爆破

Working on the highway, working on the highway 工作在高速公路上，正在高速公路

   

I met her at a dance down at the union hall 我见到她在舞会下来的工会大厅

She was standing with her brothers, back up against the wall 她站在她的哥哥，回来靠在墙上

Sometimes we'd go walking down the union tracks 有时我们会去走工会轨道

One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back 有一天，我直直地看着她，她看着直背

So I'm... 所以，我...

   

[REPEAT CHORUS] [重复合唱]

   

I saved up my money and I put it all away 我救了我的钱，我把它全部带走

I went to see her daddy but we didn't have much to say 我去看她的爸爸，但是我们没有什么好说的

"Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl “儿子，你看不出来，她只是一个小女孩

She don't know nothing about this cruel, cruel world" 她不知道什么这个残酷的，残酷的世界“

We lit out down to Florida, we got along all right 我们点燃了下来到佛罗里达州，我们沿着没事了

One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black-and-white 有一天，她的兄弟来了，得到了她，他们把我的黑与白

The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day 检察官一直认为他做了那一天的承诺

And the judge got mad and he put me straight away 而法官生气了，他把我马上

I wake up every morning to the work bell clang 我每天早上醒来的时候，工作铛铃

Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang 我和监狱长去晃悠在夏洛特县道帮派

I'm... 我...

   

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