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 like your daddy done 他们在那把你养大， 然后让你子承父业
Me and Mary we met in high school 我和玛丽在中学认识
when she was just seventeen 当时她只有十七岁
we'd drive out of this valley 我们开车驶出山谷
down to where the fields were green 去到一片有着盎然绿色的旷野
We'd go down to the river 我们去到河边
and into the river we'd dive 在那潜水
oh down to the river we'd ride 啊！我们开车去那的
Then I got Mary pregnant 然后，我让玛丽怀了孕
and man that was all she wrote 老兄， 这就是她所有的故事了
and for my nineteenth birthday 在我十九岁生日的时候
I got a union card and a wedding coat 我拿到一张工会会员证和一套结婚礼服
we went down to the courthouse 我们去法院
and the judge put it all to rest 法官不理会我们
no wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle 没有婚礼日的微笑，没有婚礼的走道
no flowers, no wedding dress 没有花，没有婚纱
That night we went down to the river 那夜我们去到河边
and into the river we'd dive 在那潜水
oh down to the river we'd ride 啊！我们乘车去那的
喜欢这段口琴solo吗？
I got a job working constrction for the johnstown company 我在约翰城公司找到一份建筑工作
but lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy 不久后经济萧条，工作逾少
Now all them things that seemed so important 现在所有那些曾看似重要的事情
well mister they vanished right into the air 嗯，先生，它们消逝一空
now I just act like I don't remember 现在我装作记不得
Mary acts like she don't care 玛丽装作不在乎
But I remember us riding in my brother's car 但我记得我们开着我哥哥的车
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir 在水池旁，她晒得发黑，全身湿透
and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take 把她拉近身旁，去感受她的每一次呼吸
at night on them banks I'd lie awake 夜里，在河岸边，我清醒地躺着
and pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take 把她拉近身旁，去感受她的每一次呼吸
Now those memories come back to haunt me 现在那些回忆纠缠着我
They haunt me like a curse 像魔咒般纠缠着我
is a dream a lie if it don't come true 一个不能实现的梦是否就是一个谎言？
or is it something worse 或者会更坏些？
that sends me down to the river 那驱使着我我去到河边
though I know the river is dry 尽管我知道河水已干涸
oh down to the river tonight 今晚，去到河边
Down to the river, My baby and I, 去到河边 我的宝贝和我
oh down to the river we ride 啊！我们乘车去那河边
by:Candy Z