On a Friday night where I grew up 在一个星期五的晚上，我长大了

There ain't a whole lot you can do 没有一大堆，你可以做

The same ole' faces the same ole' places 同样的OLE 面临着同样的OLE “的地方

Ain't nothin' ever new 没什么常新

After the football game we'd hang around 足球比赛结束后，我们会流连

The high school parking lot 高中停车场

Then we'd pile into a couple of cars 那么我们就会心中堆积成几辆车

And head off to our favorite spot 然后前往我们最喜欢的地方

   

Down to the river 下到河边

We went to the river 我们去河边

   

My Sophomore year was a carbon copy 我大二是一个抄送

Of the ones that came before 那些之前来的

'Til a night in late November 直到十一月下旬一个晚上

That shook us all down to the core 震撼我们大家到核心

   

We'd won the game by twenty points 我们会以20分赢得了比赛

Couldn't wait to celebrate 迫不及待地庆祝

But our lead car was goin' way too fast 但是，我们的主角车是要去太快

They never even hit the breaks 他们甚至从来没有碰到休息

They went into the river 他们进了河里

Deep in the river 深的河

   

We buried Laurie Mabrey 我们埋劳瑞马布里

In the clothes that she'd been wearin' 在衣服的她一直穿着45号球衣“

Her cheerleader outfit never looked 她的啦啦队服装从来不

So out of place 所以出位

   

That sweater and that pleated skirt 那件毛衣和百褶裙

Of blue and white and crimson 蓝色和白色和深红色

Just didn't belong in that shiny silver case 只是不属于那银光闪闪的情况下，

   

I moved here to Nashville 我搬到这里纳什维尔

On May 12th '89 5月12日89年

And I started gettin' letters once a week 我开始刚开一周一次来信

From this friend of mine 来自我这位朋友

   

I'd gone to school with Christine Thuro 我去学校与恭Thuro

From kindergarten on 从上幼儿园

She'd say hang in there 'cause 她说挂在那里“的原因

I just know you're gonna be a star 我只知道你会成为一个明星

She and her boyfriend and a couple of kids 她和她的男友和一对夫妇的孩子

I guess she met through him 我猜她通过他遇见

Set out for the Marais Des Cygne 载的沼泽德天鹅

To try to cool off by takin' a swim 试图通过羚牛降温“游泳

   

There'd been a lot of rain that summer 这里会是一个很大的雨那年夏天

And the current was too strong 和电流过强

I heard that they did all they could 听说他们做了所有他们能

But Christine she was gone 不过，克里斯蒂娜，她已经走了

   

Into the river 入河

She died there in the river 她在河里死在那里

   

I was baptized in that same water 我受洗了同样的水

Gave my soul to Jesus 给了我的灵魂耶稣

How can such a peaceful place 试问，这样一个和平的地方

Be filled with so much pain 充满了这么多的痛苦

   

'Cause two young mothers lost their daughters “原因两个年轻的母亲失去了自己的女儿

Right there for no reason 在那里没有任何理由

I swear I'll never go down there again 我发誓，我永远不会去那里再次

   

Back to the river 回到河

That mean ole' river 这意味着OLE 河

That beautiful river 那美丽的河

That damn ole' river 这该死的OLE 河

That damn ole' river 这该死的OLE 河