big river

Artist：johnny cash
創作：強尼卡什
Title：big river
大河
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry.
現在我教會了垂柳如何去哭
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
我還給雲朵展示了怎樣遮住碧藍晴空
the And tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you
我為那女人流的眼淚會使你氾濫
Big River
大河啊
Then Im gonna sit right here until I die.
然後我要在這裡端坐不動至死方休

I met her accidentally in St. Paul （Minnesota）.
我無意中與她相見在聖保羅（明尼蘇達）
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl,
一聽到她拖著長音，我就撕心裂肺
Southern drawl.
南方的長音啊
Then I heard my dream was back
我又發現我的夢想回來了
Downstream cavortin in Davenport,
跳躍在下游的達文波特
And I followed you,
我要追隨你
Big River, when you called.
大河啊，當你召喚時

Then you took me to St. Louis later on （down the river）
然後你順著河流把我帶到了聖路易斯
A freighter said shes been here but shes gone, boy, shes gone.
一個租船人說她來過這裡可她走了，孩子，她走了
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block.
我在孟菲斯尋覓到她的足跡，但她只走上了街逛了逛
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone
她抬了抬眉毛又獨自啟程
Now, wont you batter down by Baton Rouge,
現在，你難道最好不從巴吞魯日向下游去嗎？
River Queen, roll it on.
河流女皇啊，搖擺下去吧
Take that woman on down to New Orleans,
把那女人直帶到新奧爾良吧
New Orleans.
新奧爾良啊
Go on, Ive had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf.
繼續吧，我受夠了
She loves you,
她愛著你
Big River, more than me.
大河啊，勝過愛我

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
現在我教會了垂柳如何去哭，哭，哭
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
我還給雲朵展示了怎樣遮住碧藍晴空
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you
我為那女人流的眼淚會使你氾濫
Big River.
大河啊
Then Im gonna sit right here until I die.
然後我要在這裡端坐不動至死方休