the river

Bruce Springsteen - the river
I come from down in the valley
我來自河流下游的山谷
Where mister when youre young
先生那時你還很年輕

他們將你撫養長大讓你子承父業
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
我和Mary相識於高中時期

那時她僅僅十七歲
Me and Mary, we met in high school
我們駕車駛出山谷，去往一片蔥鬱的田野
When she was just seventeen
我們順河流而下

又潛入河底
Wed drive outta this valley down to where the fields were green
我們順河流而下

然後我讓Mary懷孕了
Wed go down to the river
老兄，她的故事也就到此為止了
And into the river wed dive
在我十九歲生日那天我得到了一張工會成員卡和一件婚禮西服
Oh, down to the river wed ride
我和她去了市政廳

公證員卻把我們的婚禮申請丟到一邊
Then I got Mary pregnant
沒有婚禮上的笑顏，沒能攜手步過紅毯

沒有鮮花，也沒有婚紗
And man, that was all she wrote
但那個夜晚我們沿河流而下
And for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
又潛入河底

我們沿河流而下
We went down to the courthouse
我得到了一份建築工的工作，在Johnstown公司
And the judge put it all to rest
但很快我就失業了，因為公司賬目上的原因

現在那些曾經看起來那麼重要的事
No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle
都已經隨風飄散
No flowers, no wedding dress
現在我只能假裝我都已經忘卻
That night wed go down to the river
而Mary也假裝她從未在意
And into the river wed dive
但我記得我們開著我哥哥的車
Oh down to the river wed ride
河岸上，她黧黑的身體又被水打濕

那個夜晚我躺在河岸上
I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
把她拉近，感受著她唇齒間的呼吸

現在那些回憶時常糾纏著我
But lately there aint been much work, on account of the economy
它們如咒語一般在我心間縈繞

不能實現的夢想就是謊言嗎
Now all them things that seemed so important
或者比謊言更糟

這一切將我又送回河邊
Wellmister they vanished right into the air
儘管我知道那河流早已乾涸

它將我送回河邊就在今夜
Now I just act like I dont remember
回到河邊
Mary acts like she dont care
只有我們二人

我們沿河流而下
But I remember us riding in my brothers car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks Id lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath shed take
Now those memories come back to haunt me

They haunt me like a curse

Is a dream a lie if it dont come true
Or is it something worse,

That sends me down to the river
Though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
My baby and I

Oh down to the river we ride...