I was three years old sitting in the seat of a Greyhound bus
Aku berumur tiga tahun duduk di kursi bus Greyhound
My brother and me, Mama's tears falling like a Carolina rain
Aku dan kakakku, air mata Mama jatuh seperti hujan di Carolina

Cause she pulled out a gun the night before
Karena dia mengeluarkan pistol malam sebelumnya
Said he ain't gonna drink and hit me no more
Dia bilang dia tidak akan minum dan memukulku lagi
She pulled the trigger on my father in a moment's rain
Dia menembak ayahku dalam sekejap hujan

Thank God that gun wasn't loaded
Syukurlah pistol itu tidak terisi peluru
Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive
Tidak tahu harus pergi ke mana atau bagaimana dia akan bertahan
Didn't care, anywhere but there that night
Tidak peduli, asal bukan di sana malam itu

Now she held her babies tight
Sekarang dia memeluk anak-anaknya erat-erat
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
Dan kami melintasi dinginnya malam yang kelam
She was scared, she was broke
Dia ketakutan, dia tidak punya uang
But all she knew was she was gonna do
Tapi yang dia tahu hanyalah dia harus melakukan
What she had to
Apa yang harus dia lakukan

She got her a job in a trailer out west
Dia mendapat pekerjaan di sebuah trailer di barat
It wasn't much but she was doing her best
Tidak banyak, tapi dia berusaha sebaik mungkin
Putting food on the table for her family
Menyediakan makanan di meja untuk keluarganya

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

She held her babies tight
Dia memeluk anak-anaknya erat-erat
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
Dan kami melintasi dinginnya malam yang kelam
She was scared, she was broke
Dia ketakutan, dia tidak punya uang
But all she knew was she was gonna do
Tapi yang dia tahu hanyalah dia harus melakukan
What she had to
Apa yang harus dia lakukan

Whenever things go wrong in my life
Setiap kali ada yang salah dalam hidupku
I just think of her, what it took that night
Aku hanya memikirkan dia, apa yang dia lakukan malam itu
To get on that bus in a Carolina rain
Untuk naik bus itu di tengah hujan Carolina

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

She held her babies tight
Dia memeluk anak-anaknya erat-erat
(She held her babies tight)
(Dia memeluk anak-anaknya erat-erat)
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
Dan kami melintasi dinginnya malam yang kelam
She was scared, she was broke
Dia ketakutan, dia tidak punya uang
But all she knew was she was gonna do
Tapi yang dia tahu hanyalah dia harus melakukan
What she had to
Apa yang harus dia lakukan
What she had to (what she had to)
Apa yang harus dia lakukan (apa yang harus dia lakukan)
Yeah, yeah, ooooh, what she had to
Iya, iya, ooooh, apa yang harus dia lakukan
What she had to
Apa yang harus dia lakukan