Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
牛仔们难以被爱,更难被留住
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
他们宁愿给你一首歌,而非钻石或黄金
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded levis
孤星腰带扣和褪色的旧牛仔裤
And each night begins a new day
每个夜晚都开启新的一天
If you don't understand him an' he don't die young
如果你不懂他,而他又未英年早逝
He'll prob'ly just ride away
他大概只会策马离去
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
妈妈们,别让你们的孩子们长大后成为牛仔
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
别让他们弹吉他或开那些旧卡车
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
让他们成为医生、律师之类的职业
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
妈妈们,别让你们的孩子们长大后成为牛仔
'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone
因为他们永远不会待在家里,总是孤独一人
Even with someone they love
即使和他们爱的人在一起
Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
牛仔们喜欢烟雾缭绕的台球室和清新的山间清晨
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
喜欢温暖的小狗、孩子和夜间的女孩
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do
不了解他们的人不会喜欢他们,而了解他们的人则会喜欢
Sometimes won't know how to take him
有时你不知该如何理解他
He ain't wrong he's just different but his pride won't let him
他并非错误,只是与众不同,但他的骄傲让他无法妥协
Do things to make you think he's right
做一些让你认为他是对的事情
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
妈妈们,别让你们的孩子们长大后成为牛仔
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
别让他们弹吉他或开那些旧卡车
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
让他们成为医生、律师之类的职业
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
妈妈们,别让你们的孩子们长大后成为牛仔
'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone
因为他们永远不会待在家里,总是孤独一人
Even with someone they love
即使身边有他们深爱的人