California Cotton Fields - Greg Graffin

California Cotton Fields - Greg Graffin
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
My driftin' memory goes back
我的思绪飘回过去
To the spring of forty two
回到一九四二年的春天
When I was just a child in
那时我还是个孩子
Momma's arms
依偎在母亲的怀抱
My daddy plowed the fields and
父亲在田间耕作
Prayed and did all he could
祈祷并竭尽全力
Do to save that broke down
只为拯救那座破败的
Oklahoma farm
俄克拉荷马农场
Well one night I heard my
那一夜 我听见
Daddy sayin' to my momma
父亲对母亲说
That he finally saved enough for us to go
他终于攒够了钱 我们可以出发了
California was his dream
加州是他的梦想
A paradise that he had seen
一个他眼中的天堂
The pictures and the magazines
那些照片和杂志
Had told him so
让他深信不疑
California cotton fields
加州的棉花田
Where labor camps were filled
劳动营里挤满了
With worried men and broken dreams
忧心忡忡的男人们和破碎的梦想
California cotton fields
加州的棉花田
Was as close to wealth as
是父亲离财富最近的地方
Daddy ever came almost everything
几乎所有我们拥有的
We owned was sold or left behind
都被卖掉或遗弃
From daddy's tools to the fruit
从父亲的工具到母亲
That momma canned some folks came to say
腌制的果酱，有些人过来说
Farewell and see what all we had to sell
告别了，看看我们不得不卖掉的一切
Some just came to shake my
有些人只是来和我父亲握手道别
Daddy's hand the model t was loaded down
那辆福特T型车装满了行李
And California bound and the dream
驶向加利福尼亚，梦想与希望
Of hope was just four days away
似乎只有四天的路程
But the only change that I remember seeing
但我唯一记得的变化
In my daddy was when his brown
是父亲那棕色的头发
Hair turned to silver grey
渐渐变成了银灰色
California cotton fields
加州的棉花田
Where labor camps were filled with worried
劳动营里挤满了忧心忡忡的
Men and broken dreams
男人们和破碎的梦想
California cotton fields
加州的棉花田
Was as close to wealth as daddy ever came
是父亲离财富最近的地方
California cotton fields
加州的棉花田
Where labor camps were filled with worried
劳动营里挤满了忧心忡忡的
Men and broken dreams
男人们和破碎的梦想
California cotton fields
加州的棉花田
Was as close to wealth as daddy ever came
是父亲离财富最近的地方
Was as close to wealth as daddy ever came
是父亲离财富最近的地方
Was as close to wealth as daddy ever came
是父亲离财富最近的地方