Well it's knowin' that your door is always open
要知道你的门永远开着
And your path is free to walk
而你的过道可以自由通过
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag rolled up Stashed behind your couch
这让我好像把我的睡带藏在你的卧室里
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains that have
dried upon some lines
要知道我不是被什么语言或什么墨汁划得线而束缚
That keeps you in the back roads By the rivers of my memory And keeps you ever gentle on my mind
只有一件事始终萦绕在脑际 就是你行走在乡间的样子 这让你永远在我心中优雅
It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that bind me
这青藤没有缠着石头 而是缠着我
Or somethin' that somebody said because They thought we fit together walkin'
或是谁的话不断回响 他说我们很在一起散步时很相配
It's just knowin' that the world Will not be cursin' or forgivin'
要知道这世界从不在乎被诅咒或原谅
When I walk along some railroad track and find
当我一个人走在铁道上
That you're movin' on the back roads
却发现你行走在乡间小路上
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
这一刻使你在我记忆的长河里永远优雅
Though the wheat fields and the coal mines and the junkyards And the highways come between us
可是我们之间隔着一个麦田 煤山 拉机场 和高速公路
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she turned and I was gone
别的女人在对她妈妈哭 因为她转向我时 我却已远走
I still might run in silence Tears of joy might stain my face
我总是会静静的溜走 开心的眼泪染污了我的脸颊
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
也许夏天的阳光会晒瞎我的眼睛
But not to where I cannot see
但是他照不到我看不到的地方
You walkin' on the back roads by the rivers
那就是你行走着的河边小路
Flowin' gentle on my mind
优雅向我的心袭来
I dip my cup of soup
From some gurglin', cracklin' cauldron
我喝完碗里的汤
In some train yard
在院子里
My beard a roughen in' coal pile
我的胡子长得像煤堆
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
一个破帽子横跨我的脸
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
当我插着手抱着一个可乐罐
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
幻想着将你拥入怀中
That you're wavin' from the back roads
似乎看见你在乡间的路上向我挥手
By the rivers of my memory
在我记忆的长河里
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind |