I come from down in the valley 我来自于山谷向下

where mister when you're young 其中老总当你还年轻

They bring you up to do like your daddy done 他们带你做你喜欢做爸爸

Me and Mary we met in high school 我和玛丽，在高中遇见

when she was just seventeen 当时她刚刚17

We'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green 我们会渡过这个山谷下到田野是绿色的

   

We'd go down to the river 我们想下到河边

And into the river we'd dive 和入河中，我们会潜水

Oh down to the river we'd ride 哦，下到河边，我们会骑

   

Then I got Mary pregnant 然后我得到了玛丽怀孕了

and man that was all she wrote 和人，这是所有她写

And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat 和我的十九岁生日我得到了工会会员证和婚礼外套

We went down to the courthouse 我们就下到法院

and the judge put it all to rest 而法官把它所有的休息

No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle 没有结婚的日子微笑的过道没有走

No flowers no wedding dress 没有鲜花没有婚纱礼服

   

That night we went down to the river 那天晚上，我们就下到河里

And into the river we'd dive 和入河中，我们会潜水

Oh down to the river we did ride 哦，下到河边，我们没有搭

   

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company 我得到了一份工作建设，为公司约翰斯敦

But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy 但最近有没有在考虑经济的大量工作

Now all them things that seemed so important 现在，所有这些事情都显得那么重要

Well mister they vanished right into the air 好了老总，他们消失了正确的进气

Now I just act like I don't remember 现在，我只是像我不记得了

Mary acts like she don't care 玛丽就像她不在乎

   

But I remember us riding in my brother's car 不过，我记得我们骑在我哥的车

Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir 她的身体棕褐色，并在水库湿下来

At night on them banks I'd lie awake 到了晚上他们银行我躺在床上

And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take 并拉她靠近只感觉每一次呼吸，她会带

Now those memories come back to haunt me 现在，那些回忆回来困扰我

they haunt me like a curse 他们缠着我就像一个魔咒

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true 是梦是谎言，如果它不来真

Or is it something worse 或者是更坏的东西

that sends me down to the river 那送我到河边

though I know the river is dry 虽然我知道这条河是干的

That sends me down to the river tonight 发送我失望今晚河

Down to the river 下到河边

my baby and I 我的宝贝，我

Oh down to the river we ride 哦，下来我们骑河