♪ These dead man's boots, though they're old and curled ♪ ♪ When a fellow needs a job and a place in the world ♪ ♪ And it's time for a man to put down roots ♪ ♪ And walk to the river in his old man's boots ♪ ♪ He said, "I'm dying, son, and asking ♪ ♪ That you do one final thing for me ♪ ♪ You're barely but a sapling, and you think that you're a tree ♪
♪ 尽管这双遗靴破损老旧 ♪ ♪ 当小伙子需要工作，寻求机会 ♪ ♪ 当安定下来的时候到了 ♪ ♪ 他踩着老爸的鞋来到河边 ♪ ♪ 老爸说：「儿啊！我已来日无多 ♪ ♪ 最后有件事要你帮我完成 ♪ ♪ 还是小树的你自认已长成 ♪