歌词
That hot old summer sun will make you beg for your next breath
滚烫的夏日使人呼吸困难
So you best be on the creek bank, laid in the shade
这时最好在溪边的树荫下乘凉
Chewin' on a hickory twig, pass that bottle, I'll have me a swig
嘴里衔着山核桃树的嫩枝，请给我来一瓶酒，今天不醉不休
I ain't got a lot, but I think I got it made, in the shade
其实我没喝多少，但是我大概已经尽兴了
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
我就躺在这里，躺在我梦中的乐园
Catchin' these fish like they're goin' out of style
捉点应季的肥鱼
Drinkin' this homemade wine
喝点自家酿的小酒
Hey, if the sun don't come up tomorrow
hey 如果明天太阳没能照常升起
People, I have had a good time
朋友们，我真的度过了一段快活的时光
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
我就躺在这里，躺在我梦中的乐园
I bet the old man's in the kitchen
我敢打赌这个厨房里的老人
He's got my kind of music on his radio
他的收音机里有我喜欢的音乐类型
Oh, drinkin' his beer and dialin' up the request line
来点他的啤酒再拨个电话
And Momma and old Aunt Joan
oh妈妈和阿姨Joan
They probably in the dining room tryin' to use the phone
他们也许正试着在餐厅里煲电话粥
Me, I'm thinkin' about that girl and later tonight
我正在想着那个女孩和今夜的温柔
Oh, yes
oh
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
我就躺在这里，躺在我梦中的乐园
Hey, I'm catchin' these fish like they're goin' out of style
捉点应季的肥鱼
I'm sippin' that homemade wine
啜饮着家酿的葡萄酒
And if the sun don't come up tomorrow
如果明天太阳没能照常升起
Lordy, people, I have had a good time
请主和我的朋友们知道，我真的度过了一段快活的时光
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
我就躺在这里，躺在我梦中的乐园
You know, the rednecks and the preppies
这些下人和富家子弟们
They're in their discos and honky-tonks
他们都沉浸在迪斯科和爵士乐中
Oh, somewhere between raisin' hell and amazin' grace
是某种处在嘈杂混乱和奇异恩典的中间地带
Lord, I know just how they feel
主啊，我深知他们的感受
You gotta get out and kick up your heels
你也应该踢掉你的鞋后跟加入进来
And ain't it great to be livin' in the USA
生活在美利坚的土地上是多么自在逍遥
Me, I'm laid up here in a country state of mind
我就躺在这里，躺在我梦中的乐园
Yeah, I'm catchin' these fish like they're goin' out of style
捉点应季的肥鱼
Drinkin' this homemade wine
啜饮着家酿的葡萄酒
And if the sun don't shine tomorrow
如果明天太阳没能照常升起
Oh, people, I have had a good time
朋友们，我真的度过了一段快活的时光
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
我就躺在这里，躺在我梦中的乐园
Yodel-ay-ee-oh, del-ay-ee-oh, del-ay
（真假嗓音交替着唱歌）
Ye-hee
Ye-hee
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