I come from down in valley
我来自下面的山谷
where mister when you're young
先生，那时你还很年轻
they bring you up to do
他们把你养大
like your daddy done
让你继承父亲的职业
Me and Mary we met in high school
我和Mary在高中相识
when she was just seventeen
当时的她只有17岁
we'd drive out of this valley
我们驾车走出山谷
down to where the fields were green
来到一处葱绿的场地
We'd go down to the river
我们来到河边
and into the river we'd dive
在河中嬉戏
Oh~down to the river we'd ride
哦~沿着河流旅行
Then I got Mary pregnant
接着Mary怀孕了
and man that was all she wrote
老兄，她的故事就写到这儿了
and for my nineteenth birthday
在我十九岁的生日那天
I got a union card and a wedding coat
我得到了工会会员卡和一件婚礼礼服
we went down to the courthouse
我们一同去了市政厅
and the judge put it all to rest
公证员把我们的申请扔到了一边
no wedding day smiles
没有婚礼上的笑颜
no walk down the aisle
没有红毯仪式
no flowers
没有鲜花
no wedding dress
也没有婚纱
That night we went down to the river
婚礼那天晚上我们来到河边
and into the river we'd dive
在河中嬉戏
Oh~down to the river we'd ride
哦~沿着河流旅行
I got a job working constrction
我找到了一份建筑业的工作
for the johnstown company
在Johnstown公司
but lately there ain't been much work
但不久之后便没有那么多工作岗位
on account of the economy
因为公司的账目出了问题
Now all them things that seemed so important
先生，曾经那些看似十分重要的事情
well mister they vanished right into the air
现在都已经消失不见
now I just act like I don't remember
我只有假装自己不记得
Mary acts like she don't care
Mary假装她也不在意
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
但我却记得我们开着哥哥的车来到了水库旁
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
嬉戏打闹，她被晒黑的身体又被水浸湿
at night on them banks I'd lie awake
夜晚，我躺在河岸边
and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
把她拉近，感受她的每一次呼吸
Now those memories come back to haunt me
现在那些回忆时常侵袭着我
They haunt me like a curse
像咒语一般萦绕心间
is a dream a lie if it don't come true
不能实现的梦想便是谎言吗
or is it something worse
又或比谎言更糟
that sends me down to the river
那些回忆将我带到河边
though I know the river is dry
尽管河水已经干枯
that sends me down to the river
那些回忆将我带到河边
tonight
就在今夜
Down to the river
我们来到河边
My baby and I
只此二人
Oh down to~ the river we ride
追忆似水年华
Woo...
似水年华
发表于 2024-12-10 14:36
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