Long Time Gone - The Chicks
Daddy sits on a' front porch swinging
父亲坐在走廊的秋千上
Looking out on a vacant field
看着外面的空地
Used to be filled with burley tobacca
那里以前种满了烟叶
Now he knows it never will
但现在他知道,这里永远都无法再种了
My Brothers found work in Indiana
我的兄弟在印第安纳工作
My Sisters a nurse at the old folks home
我的姐妹在养老院当看护
Mama still cooking too much for supper
但妈妈晚饭还是煮那么多
And me I've been a long time gone
而我,我已经离开很久
Been a long time gone
离开很久了
No I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
不知道从什么时候开始,我就没有拿起锄头
Long time gone
已经很久了
And it ain't coming back again
那些日子无法重来
Deliah plays that old church piano
狄莉亚弹着教堂里的那台旧钢琴
Sitting out on her daddy's farm
坐在她爸爸的农场
She always thought that we'd be together
她经常以为我们仍然在生活一起
Lord I never meant to do her harm
主啊,我从未想过要伤害她
Said she could hear me singin' in the choir
她听我在唱诗班唱歌
Me I heard another song
我,我听到另一首歌
I caught wind and hit the road runnin'
我迎着风,在路上快跑
And Lord I've been a long time gone
主啊,我已经离开了很久
Been a long time gone
已经很久了
Lord I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
主啊,不知从什么时候开始,就没有人为我祈祷
Long time gone
已经很久了
And it ain't comin' back again
无法重来
Now me I went to Nashville
如今我,我去了纳什维尔
Tryin' to beat the big deal
尝试做大事
Playin' down on Broadway
去百老汇发展
Gettin' there the hard way
艰辛地去到那里
Living from a tip jar
靠小费活着
Sleeping in my car
在车子里睡觉
Hocking my guitar
把吉他拿去典当
Yeah I'm gonna be a star
耶,我要变成明星
Now me and Deliah singing every Sunday
现在,我和狄莉亚每个星期天都一起歌唱
Watching the children and the garden grow
看着孩子和花园的植物生长
We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin'
我们听着收音机,听听烹饪节目
But the music ain't got no soul
但是音乐不能没有灵魂
Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
他们累了但并没有崩溃
They've got money but they don't have Cash
他们有钱却没有现金
They got Junior but they don't have Hank
他们有朱尼尔却没有汉克
I think I think I think
我想我想我想
The rest is a long time gone
已经很久法休息了
No I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
不知从什么时候开始,我就不会愤怒
Long time gone
已经很久了
And it ain't coming back
无法重来
I said a long time gone
已经很久了
No I ain't honked the horn since I don't know when
不知从什么时候开始,我就不会按喇叭
Long time gone
已经很久了
And it ain't coming back again
无法重来
I said a long time long time long time gone
已经很久了很久了很久了
Well it's been a long time
噢,已经很久了
Long time long time long time gone
已经很久了很久了很久了
Oh it's been a long time gone
噢,已经很久了
Long time long time long time gone
已经很久了很久了很久了
Yeah yeah
耶耶