Scarecrow In The Garden

Well he came from Northern Ireland
他來自北愛爾蘭
Searching for the free man's ground
找尋屬於他的土地
And he came to bet his fortune
他為這片土地奉獻一切
On a West Virginia plow
就在西弗吉尼亞
He built a house of timber
他建了許多木屋
And raised a redhead son
生了一個孩子
Then they worked the land together
他在土地上辛勤工作
And prayed the rain would come
祈求風調雨順
There's a scarecrow in the garden
花園里安放著稻草人
That looks like Lucifer
據說像死神一樣可怕
And I've been reading Revelations
我讀著聖經中的啟示錄
With my bare feet in the river
將雙腳泡在河水中
Well the readhead's son got older
他的兒子漸漸長大
And took a brown eyed wife
有了個棕色眼睛的妻子
And the fields were green as dollars
這片土地獲得豐收
'Cause the dirt was black as night
因為他們每日辛勤勞作
I came in late September
去年九月我來到這個家庭
The youngest one of three
是三個兒子中最小的
And my sisters off and married
姐姐放下農事結了婚
So the land was left to me
這片土地開始由我管理
There's a scarecrow in the garden
花園里安放著稻草人
That looks like Lucifer
據說像死神一樣可怕
And I've been reading Revelations
我讀著聖經中的啟示錄
With my bare feet in the river
將雙腳泡在河水中
I know every single fencepost
我已深深記住每片柵欄
Every rock that goes around
每個土地上的石塊
I've been staring at the red oak
我記住了土地上的那棵大樹
Where I know they're lay me down
那是我乘涼的地方
The fields ain't what they once were
土地已不似從前那般
The rains just seem to flood
雨水好像要沖毀一切
And I've been thinking about that river
我在想為什麼那條河流
Wondering how it turned to blood
變成了血紅色
I've been siting here all morning
我每天從早到晚
I was sitting here all night
坐在河邊
Theres a biblein my left hand
我左手拿著聖經
And a pistol in my right
右手卻拿著手槍