Jody and the Kid

She would meet me in the morning
清晨
On my way down to the river
她会在我往河边走的路上等着见我
Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree
哪怕我起晚了，她也耐心地站在楝树下等我
With her feet already dusty
我能看到她脚趾间粘了些泥土
From the pathway to the levee
因为她是沿着那条水坝旁的小路走过来的
And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees
她穿了条浅蓝色的牛仔裤，她把裤腿卷到了膝盖上
I'd pay her no attention
我故意不理会她，从她身边走过
As she tagged along beside me
她也不说什么，就静静跟在我身后
Trying hard to copy everything I did
但我瞥见她一直盯着我，努力学着我的一举一动
But I couldn't keep from smiling
我忍不住笑了，可我转过头去笑，我可不要被她看到我的笑容
When I'd hear somebody saying
这时候我听到有人说
Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid
看阿，Jody又和那个小孩在一起了
Even after we grew older
直到我们都长大了好几岁以后
We could still be seen together
我们还是这样形影不离
As we walked along the levee holding hands
不过我们是牵着手并肩走在水坝旁的那条小路上
For as surely as the season she was changing to a woman
如今她早已成长为成熟的女人
And I'd lived enough to call myself a man
我也自认为是个成熟的男人
And she often lay beside me
当夜晚开始变凉的时候
In the coolness of the evening
她都会挤在我身旁躺下
Till the morning sun was shining on my bed
直到第二天的阳光铺在我的床上
And at times when she was sleeping
可她还睡得很熟呢
I'd smile when I'd remember
我笑着看她的脸，忽然回忆起
How they use to call us Jody and the kid
那些人们还在叫我们“Jody和那个小孩”的日子
Now the world's a little older
一晃几十年过去了
And the years have changed the river
当年她等我的那条小河已经和过去不一样了
Cause there's houses where they didn't used to be
这里也新建了不少房子
And on Sundays I go walking
现在的每个星期日
Down the pathway to the levee
在水坝边的小路上
With another little girl who follows me
换成另一个可爱的小女孩跟在我身后
And it makes the old folks smile
我的老邻居们笑眯眯地看着我们
To see her tag along beside me
看着那个小女孩紧紧跟着我
Doing little things the way her mama did
那模样就像当年她的妈妈一样
But it gets a little lonesome
不过我突然有些惆怅和一点点的失落
When I hear somebody saying
当我又听到有人说，看阿，是Jody和她的小孩
Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid
因为现在人们口中那个Jody身边的小孩不再是我了，不过也还好，毕竟这个小孩是我和Jody的孩子