Long Time Gone

written by Darrell Scott & Tim O'Brien

爸爸坐在門廊的鞦韆上
Daddy sits on a' front porch swinging
看著那些空曠的田野
Looking out on a vacant field
那裡曾種植著煙草
Used to be filled with burley tobacca
他現在知道，永遠不會這樣了
Now he knows it never will
我的哥哥在印第安納找了份工作
My Brothers found work in Indiana
我的姐姐是個老家的護士
My Sisters a nurse at the old folks home
媽媽的晚飯仍舊做的很多
Mama still cooking too much for supper
而我已經離家很久
And me I've been a long time gone
離開很久
Been a long time gone
不，我還未找到方向，我已經
No' I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
離開很久
Long time gone
而那些失去的都不會再回來了
And it ain 't coming back again
達莉亞彈奏著教堂的老鋼琴

坐在她爸爸的農場裡
Deliah plays that old church piano
她總是在想我們會在一起
Sitting out on her daddy's farm
上帝，我從未想過要傷害她
She always thought that we'd be together
說她能聽見我在合唱團裡唱歌
Lord I never meant to do her harm
我聽到了另一首歌
Said she could hear me singin' in the choir
我隨著風在路上奔跑著
Me' I heard another song
上帝，我已經離開這裡很久了
I caught wind and hit the road runnin'
離開很久
And Lord' I've been a long time gone
上帝，不知何時開始我就從未祈禱過了
Been a long time gone
離開很久
Lord' I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
它們也不會回來了
Long time gone
現在我去往納什維爾
And it ain't comin' back again
試著去做筆大生意

在百老匯玩耍
Now me' I went to Nashville'
用最困難的方式到達那裡
Tryin' to beat the big deal
在小屋裡蝸居
Playin' down on Broadway
睡在汽車裡
Gettin' there the hard way
抱著我的吉他
Living from a tip jar
耶，我會成為明星的
Sleeping in my car
現在我和達莉亞每個週日都會唱歌
Hocking my guitar
看著孩子們和植物慢慢成長
Yeah I'm gonna be a star
我們聽著收音機裡的音樂
Now' me and Deliah singing every Sunday
但音樂不能沒有靈魂
Watching the children and the garden grow
現在他們聽起來很疲憊，但並不憔悴
We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin'
他們有錢，但沒有現金
But the music ain't got no soul
他們有青春，但並不強壯
Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
我想，我想，我想
They've got money but they don't have Cash
剩下的時間會很長
They got Junior but they don't have Hank
不，曾幾何時我就不知道天高地厚了
I think' I think' I think
離開很久
The rest is a long time gone
不會回來的
No' I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
我說我已離開很久
Long time gone
我已經很久沒按過喇叭了
And it ain't coming back
離開很久
I said a long time gone
而那些失去的都不會再回來了
No' I ain't honked the horn since I don't know when
我說我已離開很久，離開很久
Long time gone
已經很長時間了
And it ain't coming back again
離開很久，離開很久

哦，我已經離開很久
I said a long time' long time' long time gone
離開很久，離開很久
Well it's been a long time

Long time' long time' long time gone
Oh' it's been a long time gone
Long time' long time' long time gone
Yeah yeah


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