The River-Shaking Quakers

[ti:The River] [ar:The Piddletown Brothers] [al:The Great British Folk Rock Revival (New Recordings in the Style of Mumford & Sons)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The River - Shaking Quakers [00:04.09]I come from down in the valley
我出生在峡谷 [00:06.86] [00:08.10]Where mister when you're young
你小时候只是一个普通人 [00:10.77] [00:12.20]They bring you up to do like your daddy done
他们像你的生父一样，将你抚养长大 [00:19.15] [00:20.27]Me and Mary we met in high school
我在高中时遇到了玛丽 [00:23.47] [00:24.53]When she was just seventeen
那时，她才只有十七岁 [00:26.79] [00:28.65]We'd drive outta this valley down to where the fields were green
我们逃出这个峡谷，去到一片绿油油的田野 [00:35.54] [00:36.16]We'd go down to the river
我们沿着河流走去 [00:40.06] [00:40.93]And into the river we'd dive
我们潜入河中 [00:43.75] [00:44.26]Oh down to the river we'd ride
哦，我们沿着河边前进 [00:50.11] [00:53.35]Then I got Mary pregnant
然后，我让玛丽有了孩子 [00:56.15] [00:57.35]And man that was all she wrote
兄弟，她只写道 [01:00.07] [01:01.43]And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
十九岁生日时，我收到了邀请函和婚纱 [01:08.34] [01:09.70]We went down to the courthouse
我们对簿公堂 [01:12.66] [01:13.49]And the judge put it all to rest
法官想息事宁人 [01:16.49] [01:17.65]No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
没有婚礼日的微笑，没有婚礼日的红毯 [01:22.02]No flowers no wedding dress
没有鲜花，没有婚纱 [01:24.54] [01:25.13]That night we went down to the river
那晚，我们去到了河边 [01:29.32] [01:30.08]And into the river we'd dive
我们潜入河中 [01:32.95] [01:33.50]Oh down to the river we'd ride
哦，我们沿着河边前进 [01:39.46] [02:15.39]I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
我在约翰斯敦公司找了份建筑施工的工作 [02:21.72] [02:23.55]But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
但是，最近，受经济危机的影响，我的活儿不多 [02:30.03] [02:31.68]Now all them things that seemed so important
现在，一切似乎都变得尤为重要 [02:35.16]Well mister they vanished right into the air
好吧，凡人，一切都只是过眼云烟 [02:38.34] [02:39.47]Now I just act like I don't remember
现在，我只有佯装我忘了 [02:42.64] [02:43.84]Mary acts like she don't care
玛丽装作满不在乎 [02:46.81] [02:47.71]But I remember us riding in my brother's car
但是，我记得我们坐在我兄弟的车里 [02:51.76]Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
我们寻欢作乐，她兴奋至极 [02:55.47] [02:56.31]At night on them banks I'd lie awake
夜里，就在银行里，我寐而不睡 [02:59.89]And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
我让她更靠近我，因为，我想到感受到她所有的气息 [03:04.27]Now those memories come back to haunt me
现在，我忘了所有的回忆 [03:07.38] [03:08.05]They haunt me like a curse
回忆曾如魔咒一样缠着我 [03:11.18] [03:12.26]Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
是不会成真的梦或谎言 [03:16.12] [03:16.86]Or is it something worse
或是更糟糕的东西 [03:19.94]That sends me down to the river
让我来到了河边吗 [03:24.19] [03:24.82]Though I know the river is dry
尽管，我知道河流早已干涸 [03:27.78] [03:28.40]Ohh down to the river tonight
今夜，就让我去到河边吧 [03:33.69] [03:37.53]Down to the river
沿着河边 [03:40.48] [03:41.41]My baby and I
我和我的宝贝 [03:44.15] [03:44.79]Oh down to the river we ride
哦，我们沿着河边前进