Cause she pulled out a gun the night before
Karena dia mengeluarkan pistol pada malam sebelumnya
Said he ain’t gonna drink and hit me no more
Katanya dia tidak akan minum dan memukul saya lagi
She pulled the trigger on my father in a moment’s rain
Dia menarik pelatuk ayahku sebentar lagi

Thank God that gun wasn’t loaded
Alhamdulillah pistol itu tidak dimuat
Didn’t know where to go or how she’d survive
Tidak tahu ke mana harus pergi atau bagaimana dia bisa bertahan
Didn’t care, anywhere but there that night
Tidak peduli, di mana saja tapi di sana malam itu

Now she held her babies tight
Sekarang dia menahan bayinya dengan ketat
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
Dan kami melewati dingin biru tengah malam
She was scared, she was broke
Dia takut, dia bangkrut
But all she knew was she was gonna do
Tapi yang dia tahu hanyalah yang akan dia lakukan
What she had to
Apa yang harus dia lakukan?

She got her a job in a trailer out west
Dia memberinya pekerjaan di trailer di barat
It wasn’t much but she was doing her best
Tidak banyak tapi dia melakukan yang terbaik
Putting food on the table for her family
Menempatkan makanan di atas meja untuk keluarganya

But then one day I came home from school
Tapi suatu hari saya pulang dari sekolah
My Mama was crying alone in her room
Mama saya menangis sendirian di kamarnya
She said, I lost my job and we’re gonna lose the trailer too
Dia berkata, saya kehilangan pekerjaan dan kami akan kehilangan trailer juga
And she got that volkswagon loaded
Dan dia berhasil memasukkan volkswagon itu
Didn’t know where to go or how she’d survive
Tidak tahu ke mana harus pergi atau bagaimana dia bisa bertahan
Didn’t care, anywhere but there that night
Tidak peduli, di mana saja tapi di sana malam itu

She held her babies tight
Dia memeluk bayinya dengan ketat
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
Dan kami melewati dingin biru tengah malam
She was scared, she was broke
Dia takut, dia bangkrut
But all she knew was she was gonna do
Tapi yang dia tahu hanyalah yang akan dia lakukan
What she had to
Apa yang harus dia lakukan?

Whenever things go wrong in my life
Kapan pun ada yang salah dalam hidupku
I just think of her, what it took that night
Aku hanya memikirkannya, apa yang dibutuhkan malam itu
To get on that bus in a Carolina rain
Untuk naik bus di sebuah hujan di Carolina

Didn’t know where to go or how she’d survive
Tidak tahu ke mana harus pergi atau bagaimana dia bisa bertahan
Didn’t care, anywhere but there that night
Tidak peduli, di mana saja tapi di sana malam itu

She held her babies tight
Dia memeluk bayinya dengan ketat
(She held her babies tight)
(Dia memeluk bayinya dengan ketat)
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
Dan kami melewati dingin biru tengah malam
She was scared, she was broke
Dia takut, dia bangkrut
But all she knew was she was gonna do
Tapi yang dia tahu hanyalah yang akan dia lakukan
What she had to
Apa yang harus dia lakukan?
What she had to (what she had to)
Apa yang dia harus (apa yang dia harus)
Yeah, yeah, ooooh, what she had to
Yeah, yeah, ooooh, apa yang harus dia lakukan
What she had to
Apa yang harus dia lakukan?