We lease twenty acres and one Ginny mule
我们租了二十英亩地和一头纯种驴
From the Alabama trust
从阿拉巴马信任银行
Half of the cotton, a third of the corn
一半的棉花，三分之一的玉米
Get a handful of dust
得到一堆尘土
And we can not have all things to please us
人生总有不如意
No matter how we try
无论我们如何努力
Until we＇ve all gone to Jesus
直到我们升入天堂
We can only wonder why
我们只能苦苦思索
I had a daughter called her Annabelle
我有一个叫做安娜贝尔的女儿
She＇s the apple of my eye
她是我的掌上明珠
Tried to give her something like I never had
想让她过上比我更好的生活
I didn＇t want to ever hear her cry
我永远不想让她落泪
And we can not have all things to please us
人生总有不如意
No matter how we try
无论我们如何努力
Until we've all gone to Jesus
直到我们升入天堂
We can only wonder why
我们只能苦苦思索
When I＇m dead and buried I＇ll take a hard life of tears
当我死后被埋葬，我会流下苦难生活的泪水
For every day I＇ve ever known
为我还记得的每个日夜
Anna＇s in the churchyard, she＇s got no life at all
安娜在教堂的墓地里，她已与世长辞
She＇s only got these words on a stone
只留下石头上的墓志铭
And we can not have all things to please us
人生总有不如意
No matter how we try
无论我们如何努力
Until we've all gone to Jesus
直到我们升入天堂
We can only wonder why
我们只能苦苦思索