Aku memainkan Red River Valley
He'd sit in the kitchen and cry
Dia duduk di dapur dan menangis
Run his fingers through seventy years of livin'
Jalankan jemarinya selama tujuh puluh tahun dari hidup ‘
And wonder, “Lord, why has every well I've drilled gone dry?”
Dan bertanya-tanya, “Tuhan, mengapa setiap sumur yang telah saya bakar habis kering?”
We were friends, me and this old man
Kami berteman, aku dan orang tua ini
We's like desperados waitin' for a train
Kita seperti desperados menunggu kereta
Desperados waitin' for a train
Desperados menunggu kereta
He's a drifter, a driller of oil wells
Dia seorang drifter, driller sumur minyak
He's an old school man of the world
Dia adalah orang sekolah tua di dunia
He taught me how to drive his car when he was too drunk to
Dia mengajari saya cara mengemudikan mobilnya saat dia terlalu mabuk
And he'd wink and give me money for the girls
Dan dia mengedipkan mata dan memberi saya uang untuk anak-anak perempuan itu
And our lives was like, some old Western movie
Dan hidup kita seperti, beberapa film Barat tua
Like desperados waitin' for a train
Seperti orang-orang yang menunggu di kereta
Like desperados waitin' for a train
Seperti orang-orang yang menunggu di kereta
From the time that I could walk he'd take me with him
Dari saat aku bisa berjalan dia akan membawaku bersamanya
To a bar called the Green Frog Cafe
Ke bar bernama Green Frog Cafe
There was old men with beer guts and dominos
Ada pria tua dengan perut bir dan domino
Lying 'bout their lives while they played
Berbohong tentang kehidupan mereka saat mereka bermain
I was just a kid, they all called me “Sidekick”
Aku hanya anak kecil, mereka semua memanggilku “Sidekick”
Like desperados waitin' for a train
Seperti orang-orang yang menunggu di kereta
Like desperados waitin' for a train
Seperti orang-orang yang menunggu di kereta
One day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty
Suatu hari aku mendongak dan dia berumur delapan puluh tahun
He's got brown tobacco stains all down his chin
Dia punya noda tembakau cokelat di dagunya
Well to me he was a hero of this country
Nah bagi saya dia adalah pahlawan negara ini
So why's he all dressed up like them old men
Jadi kenapa dia semua berpakaian seperti mereka orang tua
Drinkin' beer and playin' Moon and Forty-two
Minum bir dan main Moon dan Empat Puluh Dua
Jus' like desperados waitin' for a train
Jus ‘seperti orang-orang yang menunggu di kereta
Like a desperado waitin' for a train
Seperti keputusasaan menunggu kereta
The day 'fore he died I went to see him
Keesokan harinya dia meninggal, saya pergi menemuinya
I was grown and he was almost gone.
Aku tumbuh dan dia hampir pergi.
So we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen
Jadi kami hanya memejamkan mata dan memimpikan dapur
And sang one more verse to that old song
Dan menyanyikan satu lagi ayat untuk lagu lama itu
(spoken) Come on, Jack, that son-of-a-bitch is comin'
(diucapkan) Ayo, Jack, anak laki-laki jalang itu sedang
(you can hear “son-of-a-gun” in Willy Nelson's version :])
(Anda bisa mendengar “son-of-a-gun” dalam versi Willy Nelson:])
We're desperados waitin' for a train
Kami sedang menunggu kereta
Was like desperados waitin' for a train. (x4)
Rasanya seperti menunggu untuk kereta. (x4)