You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Brad Paisley

You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Brad Paisley

In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
在肯塔基州东部的深暗的山里
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
这是我追踪我的血统之地
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
而且我看到山坡上的墓碑
You will never leave Harlan alive
你永远不会活着离开哈伦
Oh my granddad's dad walked down
我的爷爷的爸爸走过
Katahrins Mountain
Katahrins山脉
And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride
他要求Tillie Helton做他的新娘
Said won't you walk with me out of the mouth
说到 你会与我同行吗
Of this holler
大声叫喊着
Or we'll never leave Harlan alive
否则我们永远不会活着离开哈伦
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
那里早上太阳升起的时候大约是十点
And the sun goes down about three in the day
太阳下山时大约是三点
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
你的杯子里是苦涩的啤酒 你在喝着
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
你一辈子只是想着如何逃脱
No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
从来没有人知道山上有煤块
'Til a man from the Northeast arrived
直到从东北来的那个人
Waving hundred dollar bills he said I'll pay ya for your minerals
挥舞着几百美元账单 他说我会支付你钱 让我去找矿物质
But he never left Harlan alive
但他从未活着离开哈伦
Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west
奶奶卖完了东西 然后他们搬到了
Of Pineville
路易斯安那的西部
To a farm where big Richland River winds
去到一个农场 那里有里奇兰河在围绕
I bet they danced them a jig laughed and sang a new song
我打赌他们会伴随吉格舞曲舞动 笑着唱一首新歌
Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive
谁说我们不会活着离开哈伦
But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
只是那时很艰难 烟草卖不掉而已
And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
爷爷知道他会做些什么来生存
He went and dug for Harlan coal
他去哈伦挖煤去了
And sent the money back to granny
并把钱寄给奶奶
But he never left Harlan alive
但他从未活着离开哈伦
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
那里早上太阳升起的时候大约是十点
And the sun goes down about three in the day
太阳下山时大约是三点
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
你的杯子里是苦涩的啤酒 你在喝着
And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away
你一辈子只是想着如何逃脱
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
那里早上太阳升起的时候大约是十点
And the sun goes down about three in the day
太阳下山时大约是三点
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
你的杯子里是苦涩的啤酒 你在喝着
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
你用尽一生去墓地下挖煤
In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
在肯塔基州东部的深暗的山里
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
这是我追踪我的血统之地
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
而且我看到山坡上的墓碑
You will never leave Harlan alive
你永远不会活着离开哈伦