I come from down in valley
我来自下面的山谷
where mister when you're young
先生,那时你还很年轻
they bring you up to do
他们把你养大
like your daddy done
让你继承父亲的职业
Me and Mary we met in high school
我和Mary在高中相识
when she was just seventeen
当时的她只有17岁
we'd drive out of this valley
我们驾车走出山谷
down to where the fields were green
来到一处葱绿的场地
We'd go down to the river
我们来到河边
and into the river we'd dive
在河中嬉戏
Oh~down to the river we'd ride
哦~沿着河流旅行
Then I got Mary pregnant
接着Mary怀孕了
and man that was all she wrote
故事突然到了这一步
and for my nineteenth birthday
在我十九岁的生日那天
I got a union card and a wedding coat
我得到了工会证和一件婚礼礼服
we went down to the courthouse
我们一同去了市政厅
and the judge put it all to rest
公证员把我们的申请扔到了一边
no wedding day smiles
没有婚礼上的笑颜
no walk down the aisle
没有红毯仪式
no flowers
没有鲜花
no wedding dress
也没有婚纱
That night we went down to the river
婚礼那天晚上我们来到河边
and into the river we'd dive
在河中嬉戏
Oh~down to the river we'd ride
~沿着河流而下
I got a job working constrction
我找到了一份建筑业的工作
for the johnstown company
在Johnstown公司
but lately there ain't been much work
但不久之后便失业了
on account of the economy
因为经济不景气
Now all them things that seemed so important
过去曾认为那些重要的梦想
well mister they vanished right into the air
现在都已经消失不见
now I just act like I don't remember
我只有假装自己不记得
Mary acts like she don't care
Mary她也假装不在意