The River(Album Version) - Bruce Springsteen

I come from down in valley
我从山谷而来
Where mister when you're young
你是那里年轻的先生
They bring you up to do
他们养育你长大
Like your daddy done
就像你父亲做的那样
Me and Mary we met in high school
Mary和我是在高中认识的
When she was just seventeen
当时她只有17岁
We'd drive out of this valley
我们开车离开这个山谷
Down to where the fields were green
去绿色的田野
We'd go down to the river
我们去小溪旁
And into the river we'd dive
跳到我们曾经潜水的河里
Oh down to the river we'd ride
跳到我们曾经玩耍的河边
Then I got Mary pregnant
然后我令Mary怀孕了
And man that was all she wrote
这就是她写下的礼物
And for my nineteenth birthday
送给我十九岁的生日
I got a union card and a wedding coat
我得到工会会员证和结婚礼服
We went down to the courthouse
我们去法院
And the judge put it all to rest
法官什么都不管
No wedding day smiles
没有婚礼日的微笑
No walk down the aisle
没有婚礼的红毯
No flowers
没有鲜花
No wedding dress
没有婚纱
That night we went down to the river
那天晚上我们跳到河里
And into the river we'd dive
到那条我们曾经潜水的河里
Oh down to the river we'd ride
跳到我们曾经玩耍的河边
I got a job working constrction
我找到一份建筑的工作
For the johnstown company
在约翰城镇的一个公司里
But lately there ain't been much work
但最近没什么工作量
On account of the economy
不久经济就萧条了
Now all them things that seemed so important
现在所有的事情看起来都很重要
Well mister they vanished right into the air
好吧，先生，他们销声匿迹了
Now I just act like I don't remember
现在我只好装作不记得了
Mary acts like she don't care
Mary装作她一点也不在乎
But I remember us riding in my brother's car
但我还记得我们开着我哥哥的车兜风
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
她在水库里晒得黝黑，浑身湿漉漉的
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
夜晚在岸边我辗转反侧
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
紧紧抱着她，只为感受她的呼吸
Now those memories come back to haunt me
如今这些回忆让我很困扰
They haunt me like a curse
如同困住我的一个诅咒
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
一个梦境，一个谎言，不知是否会实现
Or is it something worse
或是更糟糕
That sends me down to the river
催促着我去河边
Though I know the river is dry
即便我知道这条河已经干枯了
That sends me down to the river
送我去河边
Tonight
今夜
Down to the river
去河边
My baby and I
我和我的宝贝
Oh down to the river we ride
去我们曾经玩耍的河边
Woo