Blue Diamond Mines - Kathy Mattea

Blue Diamond Mines - Kathy Mattea
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I remember the ways
我仍记得那些岁月
In the bygone days
往昔的时光
When we were in our prime
我们正值盛年
How us and John L
那时和约翰·L
Give the old man hell
让那老家伙吃尽苦头
Down in the blue diamond mine
在蓝钻石矿坑深处
Well the whistle blowed
汽笛声响起
And the rooster crowed
雄鸡破晓啼鸣
Two hours before daylight
黎明前两小时
When a man done his best
当一个人竭尽全力
And he earned his good rest
理应得到安眠
Had seventeen dollars at night
每晚能挣十七美元
In the mines in the mines
在矿井在矿井
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝钻石矿井
I worked my life away
我耗尽了一生
In the mines in the mines
在矿井在矿井
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝钻石矿井
Oh fall on your knees and pray
跪地祈祷吧 虔诚祈求
You old black gold
你这黑色的金子啊
You've taken my lungs
已侵蚀我的肺腑
And your dust
你的尘灰
Has darkened my home
染黑了我的家园
And now that we're old
如今我们已垂垂老矣
You're turning your back
你转身离去
Where else
还能去哪
Can an old miner go
一个老矿工能往何处
Well it's algomer block
只剩阿尔戈梅尔矿区
And it's big leather woods
还有大皮特伍兹
And now it's blue diamond too
如今连蓝钻石也关闭
Well the pits are all closed
矿井都已封停
And it's get another job
只能另谋生路
What else
还能怎样
Can an old miner do
一个老矿工还能做什么
In the mines in the mines
在矿井在矿井
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝钻石矿井
I worked my life away
我耗尽了一生
In the mines in the mines
在矿井在矿井
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝钻石矿井
Oh fall on your knees and pray
跪地祈祷吧 虔诚祈求
John L had a dream
约翰L曾有个梦想
But it's broken it seems
如今却已支离破碎
Mining has had it's day
采矿业的黄金时代
But they're stripping off
他们正在剥离
My mountain top
我的山顶宝藏
And they pay me eight dollars a day
日薪仅剩八美元
And I get a little poke
偶尔领到
Of welfare meal
救济餐的施舍
A little poke of welfare flour
领到一小袋救济面粉
But I tell ya right now
但我现在告诉你
You won't qualify
你根本没资格领取
'Til you work
除非你愿意
For a quarter an hour
为每小时两毛五的工钱
In the mines in the mines
在矿井在矿井
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝钻石矿井
I worked my life away
我耗尽了一生
In the mines in the mines
在矿井在矿井
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝钻石矿井
Oh fall on your knees and pray
跪地祈祷吧 虔诚祈求