歌词
Look out Mama there's a white boat coming up the river
当心，妈妈，河上有一艘白船驶来
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail
装着巨大的红色信号灯，扬起一面旗帜，栏杆上还有个人
I think you'd better call John
我觉得你最好联系一下John
Because it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail
因为他们好像不是来送邮件的
And it's less than a mile away
它离这儿已经不足一英里了
I hope they didn't come to stay
我希望他们不要留在这儿
It's got numbers on the side and a gun
船身侧面有编号，还有一把枪
And it's making big waves
它正掀起巨浪
Daddy's gone my brother's out hunting in the mountains
爸爸离开了，哥哥去山里打猎了
Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou
自河水吞没Emmy-Lou以来，John就一直买醉
So the Powers That Be left me here to do the thinkin'
所以只剩我在这里思前虑后
And I just turned twenty-two
我刚满二十二岁
I was wondering what to do
我不知所措
And the closer they got
他们越来越近
The more those feelings grew
这种感觉愈加强烈
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring
手握着爸爸的步枪让我安心了一点
He told me Red means run son numbers add up to nothing
他告诉我见血就快逃，人再多也没用
But when the first shot hit the docks I saw it coming
但是当第一颗子弹击中码头，我就知道即将来临的是什么
Raised my rifle to my eye
我将步枪举到眼前
Never stopped to wonder why
没有停下来思考为什么
Then I saw black
接着我两眼发黑
And my face splashed in the sky
一头倒进倒映着天空的河水里
Shelter me from the powder and the finger
保护我，让我不被炮火伤害
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
让我沉浸在扣动扳机的那一刻
Think of me as one you'd never figured
把我想象成一个可怜的人
Would fade away so young
谁能料到我会英年早逝
With so much left undone
带着如此多的未竟的事业
Remember me to my love
替我问候我的爱人
I know I'll miss her
我知道我将会思念她
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