Across the border they turn water into wine
穿越邊界　他們把水變成美酒

Some say it's the devil's blood
They're squeezing from the vine
有人說那些美酒
是他們從葡萄擠出的惡魔之血

Some say it's a saviour
In these hard and desperate times
有人卻說
這是艱困時期的拯救者

For me it helps me to forget
That we're just born to die
對我而言　它可以讓我暫時忘記
我們是為了死亡而出生的

I came here like so many did
To find the better life
我像多數人一樣
為了找尋更好的生活而來到這裡

To find my piece of easy street
To finally be alive
尋找富裕街道中屬於我的角落
讓我能感受到自己還活著　

And I know nothing good comes easy
And all good things take some time
我知道所有美好的事物得來不易
且美好的事物需要一些時間來得到

I made my bed I'll lie in it
To die in it's the crime
在自己的床安祥死去是一件憾事

You can't help but prosper
你不用貢獻一己之力　此地照樣繁榮
Where the streets are paved with gold
這裡的街道由黃金鋪成

They say the oil wells ran deeper here
than anybody's known
他們說這裡的油井比其他人想像的還要深

I packed up on my wife and kid
And left them back at home
我把妻子、孩子送回家之後
就回到這裡

Now there's nothing in this paydirt
The ghosts are all I know
現在這裡什麼也沒有
只有許多我熟識的鬼魂

Now the oil's gone
The money's gone
And the jobs are gone
Still we're hangin' on
Down in
油已經被開採光了
錢也沒了
連工作也沒有了
卻只剩下我們還在這乾旱地方苦撐

Dry county
They're swimming in the sand
Praying for some holy water
To wash the sins from off our hand
乾旱之郡　人們在沙漠中泅泳
祈禱天降神聖之雨　以洗滌我們的罪

Here in dry county
The promise has run dry
在這乾旱之郡　所有的希望隨之風乾

Where nobody cries
And no one's getting out of here alive
在這裡沒有人哭泣　
而且沒有人能活著離開這裡

In the blessed name of Jesus
I heard a preacher say
That we are God's children
And He'd be back someday
「奉主耶穌之聖名」　我聽見牧師說
我們是神的子民　總有一天祂會回來拯救我們　

And I hoped that he knew
Something as he drank his cup of wine
我希望牧師知道某些事情
就像他懂得喝酒一樣

I didn't have too good of a feeling
As I head out to the night
晚上外出時
我的心情並沒有太好

I cursed the sky to open
I begged the clouds for rain
我咒罵天空希望它能打開
還向雲朵祈求雨水

I prayed to God for water
For this burning in my veins
我的血管像被火燒一樣的難過
因此我向神祈雨　

It was like my soul's on fire
And I had to watch the flames
那感覺就像靈魂在燃燒
但我卻只能眼睜睜地看著火舌將我吞噬

All my dreams went up in ashes
And my future blew away
我所有的夢想被焚毀成為灰燼
我的未來已被扼殺

Down in dry county
They're swimming in the sand
Praying for some holy water
To wash the sins from off our hand
乾旱之郡　人們在沙漠中泅泳
祈禱天降神聖之雨　以洗滌我們的罪

Dry county
The promise has run dry
在這乾旱之郡　所有的希望隨之風乾

Where nobody cries
And no one's getting out of here alive
在這裡沒有人哭泣　
而且沒有人能活著離開這裡

Men spend their whole lives
Waiting praying for their big reward
人們花了他們的大半人生等待
祈求他們的努力能獲取極大的報酬

But it seems sometimes
The payoff leaves you feeling
Like a dirty whore
但大多數的情形是
低微的薪水讓
你感覺自己是個污穢的妓女

If I could choose the way I'll die
Make it by the gun or knife
假如我可以選擇死亡的方式
我會選擇死於槍下或刀刃

Cause the other way there's too much pain
因為其他的方法都太痛苦

Night after night after night
一夜又一夜　一夜又一夜

Down in dry county
They're swimming in the sand
Praying for some holy water
To wash the sins from off our hand
乾旱之郡
人們在沙漠中游泳
祈禱天降神聖之雨
以洗滌我們的罪

Dry county
The promise has run dry
在這乾旱之郡
所有的希望隨之風乾

Where nobody cries
And no one's getting out of here alive
在這裡沒有人哭泣　
而且沒有人能活著離開這裡