I had an uncle, name of Matthew, he was his father's only boy. 我有一个叔叔，马修的名字，他是他父亲唯一的男孩。

Born just south of Colby, Kansas, he was his mother's pride and joy. 刚出生的南科尔比，堪萨斯州，他是他母亲的自豪和喜悦。

Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on, 是的，快乐只是一件事，他就提出，

love was just a way to live and die. 爱情只是一种生活和死亡。

Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field, 黄金只是一个多风的堪萨斯州小麦田，

blue was just the Kansas summer sky. 蓝色只是在堪萨斯州的夏天的天空。

   

And all the stories that he told me back when I was just a lad. 凡他告诉我回来时，我还只是一个少年的故事。

All the memories that he gave me, all the good times that he had. 所有这一切，他给我的回忆，所有的美好时光，他有。

Growing up a Kansas farm boy, life was mostly having fun. 长大堪萨斯州农场男孩，生活大部分是有乐趣。

Riding on his daddy's shoulders behind the mule, beneath the sun. 骑在骡子后面他爸爸的肩膀上，在太阳下。

Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on, 是的，快乐只是一件事，他就提出，

love was just a way to live and die. 爱情只是一种生活和死亡。

Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field, 黄金只是一个多风的堪萨斯州小麦田，

blue was just the Kansas summer sky. 蓝色只是在堪萨斯州的夏天的天空。

   

Well, I guess there were some hard times, and I'm told some years were lean. 嗯，我想有一些艰难的时刻，而我讲了一些年是瘦肉。

They had a storm in '47, twister came and stripped 'em clean. 他们有一个风暴47 ，捻线机来了，脱去全身的清洁。

He lost the farm, he lost his family, he lost the wheat, he lost his home. 他失去了农场，他失去了他的家人，他失去了小麦，他失去了他的家。

But he found the family bible, his faith as solid as a stone. 但他发现家里的圣经，他的信念是固体的石头。

Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on, 是的，快乐只是一件事，他就提出，

love was just a way to live and die. 爱情只是一种生活和死亡。

Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field, 黄金只是一个多风的堪萨斯州小麦田，

blue was just the Kansas summer sky. 蓝色只是在堪萨斯州的夏天的天空。

   

So he came to live at our house, and he came to work the land. 于是，他来到住在我们家，他来到地里干活。

He came to ease my daddy's burden, and he came to be my friend. 他来减轻我爸爸的负担，他来到了我的朋友。

So I wrote this down for Matthew, and it's for him this song is sung. 所以我写下来的马修，它是对他这首歌是这样唱的。

Riding on his daddy's shoulders, behind the mule, beneath the sun 骑在他爸爸的肩膀上，骡子后面，在太阳下

Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on, 是的，快乐只是一件事，他就提出，

love was just a way to live and die. 爱情只是一种生活和死亡。

Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field, 黄金只是一个多风的堪萨斯州小麦田，

blue was just the Kansas summer sky. 蓝色只是在堪萨斯州的夏天的天空。

Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was raised on, 是的，快乐只是一件事，他就提出，

love was just a way to live and die. 爱情只是一种生活和死亡。

Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field, 黄金只是一个多风的堪萨斯州小麦田，

blue was just the Kansas summer sky. 蓝色只是在堪萨斯州的夏天的天空。