All the fields are flooded up to Highway 51
51號高速路旁的所有土地統統奔湧向天際
Illinois is coming 'cross the bridge where the Old Ohio was
伊利諾伊州偶然邂逅了老俄亥俄河上的那座橋
Don't look away, it will be gone
這是它最後的旅途，讓我們目送它離去
Kentucky and Missouri, a trinity of states
肯塔基，密蘇里和伊州，三位成一體
Nothing's in a hurry 'cept the water in between the rising banks
歲月靜好，只是堤岸中上漲的河水跑得太匆忙
Oh nothing moves but nothing stays
山重水復未曾變，柳暗花明悄浮現
Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join
逃離之願，歸鄉之情，都冗雜在此地
Still I' ll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Illinois
（難擋過往的摧殘）強忍不捨，我也駕車駛離只尚存魂魄的伊州開羅
She used to be a beauty back in 1891
倘若再回到1891年，她（伊州開羅）可是風華絕代呢
After Fort Defiance, now she's weathered by the river and the sun
防禦堡壘修築後（美國南北戰爭時期），如今的她歷經風吹日曬早已風韻不存
She's still around but she is gone
佳人尚在，已是暮年
Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join
逃離之願，歸鄉之情，都冗雜在此地
Still I'll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Illinois
強忍不捨，我也駕車駛離只尚存魂魄的伊州開羅
Where the longing for the leaving and the welcome-home receiving join
逃離之願，歸鄉之情，都冗雜在此地
Still I'll keep driving past the ghost of Cairo, Illinois
強忍不捨，我也駕車駛離只尚存魂魄的伊州開羅
Illinois
再見，伊利諾伊
Cairo, IL