A Week In A Country Jail - Tom T. Hall

A Week In A Country Jail - Tom T.Hall
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One time I spent a week inside a little country jail
有一次，我在小镇监狱里待了一周
And I don't guess I'll ever live it down
我想我永远也忘不了那段日子
I was sittin' at a red light when these two men came and got me
我正停在红灯前，突然两个人过来抓我
And said that I was speeding through their town
说我在他们镇上超速行驶
Well, they said,"Tomorrow morning you can see the judge then go"
他们说：“明天早上你可以见法官，然后就能走了”
They let me call one person on the phone
他们让我打了一个电话
I thought I'd be there overnight so I just called my boss
我以为只待一晚，所以只打给了老板
To tell him I'd be off but not for long
告诉他我会请假，但不会太久
Well, they motioned me inside a cell with seven other guys
他们把我推进了牢房，里面还有七个家伙
One little barred up window in the rear
后面只有一扇小小的铁窗
My cellmates said if they had let me bring some money in
狱友们说，如果我能带点钱进来
We ought to send the jailer for some beer
我们就能让狱警去买些啤酒
Well, I had to pay him double 'cause he was the man in charge
我得付他双倍，因为他是这里的老大
And the jailer's job was not the best in town
狱警的工作可不是镇上最好的
Later on his wife brought hot bologna, eggs and gravy
后来他妻子送来了热狗、鸡蛋和肉汁
The first day I was there I turned it down
第一天我拒绝了这些食物
Well, next morning they just let us sleep but I was up real early
第二天早上他们让我们继续睡，但我早早醒来
Wonderin' when I'd get my release
心里想着何时才能重获自由
Later on we got more hot bologna, eggs and gravy
后来我们又吃到了热腾腾的香肠、鸡蛋和肉汁
And by now I wasn't quite so hard to please
此时的我已不再那么难以满足
Two days later when I thought that I had been forgotten
两天后，我以为自己已被遗忘
The sheriff came in chewin' on a straw
警长嚼着稻草走了进来
He said, "Where is the guy who thinks that this is Indianapolis?
他说：“那个以为这里是印第安纳波利斯的家伙在哪？
I'd like to talk to him about the law"
我想和他聊聊法律的事。”
Well, I told him who I was and told him I was working steady
我告诉他我是谁，并说我一直在努力工作
And I really should be gettin' on my way
我真的应该继续赶路了
That part about me bein' who I was did not impress him
但关于我是谁的部分并没有打动他
He said, "The judge'll be here any day"
他说：“法官随时会来”
The jailer had a wife and let me tell you she was awful
狱警有个妻子，我得说她一开始看起来很糟糕
But she brought that hot bologna every day
但她每天都带来热腾腾的香肠
And after seven days she got to lookin' so much better
七天后，她看起来顺眼多了
I asked her if she'd like to run away
我问她是否愿意和我一起逃离这里
The next mornin' that old judge took every nickel that I had
第二天早上，那个老法官拿走了我所有的钱
And he said, "Son, let this teach you not to race"
他说：“孩子，这次教训你以后别再飙车了”
The jailer's wife was smilin' from the window as I left
我离开时，狱警的妻子在窗口微笑着
In thirty minutes I was out of state
三十分钟后，我已经离开了这个州