Well he came from Northern Ireland
他来自北爱尔兰
Searching for the free man's ground
找寻属于他的土地
And he came to bet his fortune
他为这片土地奉献一切
On a West Virginia plow
就在西弗吉尼亚
He built a house of timber
他建了许多木屋
And raised a redhead son
生了一个孩子
Then they worked the land together
他在土地上辛勤工作
And prayed the rain would come
祈求风调雨顺
There's a scarecrow in the garden
花园里安放着稻草人
That looks like Lucifer
据说像死神一样可怕
And I've been reading Revelations
我读着圣经中的启示录
With my bare feet in the river
将双脚泡在河水中
Well the readhead's son got older
他的儿子渐渐长大
And took a brown eyed wife
有了个棕色眼睛的妻子
And the fields were green as dollars
这片土地获得丰收
'Cause the dirt was black as night
因为他们每日辛勤劳作
I came in late September
去年九月我来到这个家庭
The youngest one of three
是三个儿子中最小的
And my sisters off and married
姐姐放下农事结了婚
So the land was left to me
这片土地开始由我管理
There's a scarecrow in the garden
花园里安放着稻草人
That looks like Lucifer
据说像死神一样可怕
And I've been reading Revelations
我读着圣经中的启示录
With my bare feet in the river
将双脚泡在河水中
I know every single fencepost
我已深深记住每片栅栏
Every rock that goes around
每个土地上的石块
I've been staring at the red oak
我记住了土地上的那棵大树
Where I know they're lay me down
那是我乘凉的地方
The fields ain't what they once were
土地已不似从前那般
The rains just seem to flood
雨水好像要冲毁一切
And I've been thinking about that river
我在想为什么那条河流
Wondering how it turned to blood
变成了血红色
I've been siting here all morning
我每天从早到晚
I was sitting here all night
坐在河边
Theres a bible in my left hand
我左手拿着圣经
And a pistol in my right
右手却拿着手枪