Thank God I’m a Country Boy(Live at the Universal Amphitheatre， Los Angeles， CA - August/Sep) - John Denver

Thank God I'm a Country Boy (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974) - John Denver

Lyrics by：John Martin Sommers

Composed by：John Martin Sommers

Clap your hands
拍拍你的手吧
Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
农场上的生活如此悠闲自在
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
像我这样土生土长的乡下孩子也不能随意乱砍乱劈
It's early to rise early in the sack
这里的人都早睡早起
I thank God I'm a country boy
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Well a simple kind of life never did me no harm
如此简单的生活从不曾给我带来一点点的伤害
Raisin' me a family and workin' on the farm
组建了家庭 在农场工作
Days are all filled with an easy country charm
我的生活充满了乡村趣味
Thank God I'm a country boy
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle
我拥有一个贤淑的妻子 有一把旧旧的小提琴
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
太阳升起时 我已烤好了面包
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
生活不再枯燥 只有满满的乐趣
Thank God I'm a country boy
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low
当工作结束时 夕阳西落
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
我拿出了小提琴 调了调琴弦
Kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
孩子们已酣然入睡 所以我的琴声很低很低
And thank God I'm a country boy
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
I'd play "Sally Goodin'" all day if I could
若是可以 我会弹奏一天的Sally Gooding
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
但是上帝和我的妻子恐怕忍受不了
So I fiddle when I can work when I should
所以工作时间努力工作 空闲时间便拉小提琴
Thank God I'm a country boy
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle
我拥有一个贤淑的妻子 有一把旧旧的小提琴
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
太阳升起时 我已烤好了面包
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
生活不再枯燥 只有满满的乐趣
Thank God I'm a country boy woo-hoo
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
即使给我钻石珠宝 我也不会拿我的生活来换
I never was one of them money hungry fool
我从来就不是一个贪图金钱的人
Rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
我宁愿拉着小提琴 在农场上劳作
Thank God I'm a country boy
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Yeah city folk drivin' in a black limousine
城市中的人开着黑色的豪华轿车
A lotta sad people think that's-a mighty keen
许多人可悲的以为这是值得让人羡慕的事
Son let me tell you now exactly what I mean
孩子 我现在可以告诉你我的真实想法
I thank God I'm a country boy
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle
我拥有一个贤淑的妻子 有一把旧旧的小提琴
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
太阳升起时 我已烤好了面包
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
生活不再枯燥 只有满满的乐趣
Thank God I'm a country boy yes sir
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Well my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died
爸爸逝去后留给我这把小提琴
And he took me by the hand held me close to his side
那时他用手拉着我 将我拉近他身边
Said "Live a good life play my fiddle with pride
他曾说 好好生活 带着自豪去拉小提琴
And thank God you're a country boy"
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Well my daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
我的父亲教会我如何狩猎 如何用刀
Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
他教会我如何工作 如何弹奏小提琴
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
教会我如何去爱 如何去给予
And thank God I'm a country boy
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle
我拥有一个贤淑的妻子 有一把旧旧的小提琴
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
太阳升起时 我已烤好了面包
Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle
生活不再枯燥 只有满满的乐趣
Wooh thank God I'm a country boy yea
感谢上帝我是个乡村男孩
John Sommers played the fiddle and he wrote that song
John Sommers拉着小提琴 他写下了这首歌