Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,
Wanita bermata coklat dan grenadine merah,
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
Botolnya berdebu tapi minuman kerasnya bersih.
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down,
Suara guntur dengan hujan turun,
And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
Dan sepertinya orang tua itu sudah mulai.

1929 when he stepped to the bar, drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar.
1929 ketika dia melangkah ke bar, minum ke ampas wiski.
1930 when the wall caved in, he made his way selling red-eyed gin.
1930 saat tembok itu masuk, dia berhasil menjual gin bermata merah.

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,
Wanita bermata coklat dan grenadine merah,
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
Botolnya berdebu tapi minuman kerasnya bersih.
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down,
Suara guntur dengan hujan turun,
And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
Dan sepertinya orang tua itu sudah mulai.

Delilah Jones was the mother of twins,
Delilah Jones adalah ibu si kembar,
Two times over and the rest were sins.
Dua kali lipat dan sisanya adalah dosa.
Raised eight boys, only I turned bad,
Membesarkan delapan anak laki-laki, hanya saja saya menjadi buruk,
Didn’t get the lickin’s that the other ones had.
Tidak mendapatkan lickin yang dimiliki orang lain.

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,
Wanita bermata coklat dan grenadine merah,
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
Botolnya berdebu tapi minuman kerasnya bersih.
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down,
Suara guntur dengan hujan turun,
And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
Dan sepertinya orang tua itu sudah mulai.

Tumble down shack on Big Foot country.
Turun di gubuk di negara Big Foot.
Snowed so hard that the roof caved in.
Snowed begitu keras sampai atapnya masuk.
Delilah Jones went to meet her God,
Delilah Jones pergi menemui Tuhannya,
And the old man never was the same again.
Dan orang tua itu tidak pernah sama lagi.

Daddy made whiskey and he made it well.
Ayah membuat wiski dan dia berhasil dengan baik.
Cost two dollars and it burned like hell.
Biaya dua dolar dan dibakar seperti neraka.
I cut hick’ry just to fire the still,
Aku memotong hick’ry hanya untuk api yang masih,
Drink down a bottle and be ready to kill.
Minum sebotol dan siap untuk membunuh.

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,
Wanita bermata coklat dan grenadine merah,
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
Botolnya berdebu tapi minuman kerasnya bersih.
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down,
Suara guntur dengan hujan turun,
And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
Dan sepertinya orang tua itu sudah mulai.

Gone are the days when the ox fall down,
Lewatlah sudah hari-hari ketika lembu itu jatuh,
Take up the yoke and plow the fields around.
Angkat kuk dan bajak ladang sekitar.
Gone are the days when the ladies said’ “Please,
Lewatlah sudah hari-hari ketika para wanita berkata ‘”Tolong,
Gentle Jack Jones won’t you come to me.”
Jack Jones yang lembut tidak mau kau datang padaku. “

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine,
Wanita bermata coklat dan grenadine merah,
The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
Botolnya berdebu tapi minuman kerasnya bersih.
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down,
Suara guntur dengan hujan turun,