Scarecrow In The Garden-Chris Stapleton

[00:00.00] 作词 : Chris Stapleton/Brice Long/Matt Fleener [00:01.00] 作曲 : Chris Stapleton/Brice Long/Matt Fleener [00:17.95]Well he came from Northern Ireland
他来自北爱尔兰 [00:22.04]Searching for the free man's ground
找寻属于他的土地 [00:25.92]And he came to bet his fortune
他为这片土地奉献一切 [00:29.96]On a West Virginia plow
就在西弗吉尼亚 [00:38.29]He built a house of timber
他建了许多木屋 [00:42.17]And raised a redhead son
生了一个孩子 [00:45.87]Then they worked the land together
他在土地上辛勤工作 [00:50.13]And prayed the rain would come
祈求风调雨顺 [00:52.96] [00:55.76]There's a scarecrow in the garden
花园里安放着稻草人 [01:00.07]That looks like Lucifer
据说像死神一样可怕 [01:03.66]And I've been reading Revelations
我读着圣经中的启示录 [01:07.52]With my bare feet in the river
将双脚泡在河水中 [01:10.27] [01:29.11]Well the readhead's son got older
他的儿子渐渐长大 [01:33.42]And took a brown eyed wife
有了个棕色眼睛的妻子 [01:37.03]And the fields were green as dollars
这片土地获得丰收 [01:40.57]'Cause the dirt was black as night
因为他们每日辛勤劳作 [01:46.88]I came in late September
去年九月我来到这个家庭 [01:50.81]The youngest one of three
是三个儿子中最小的 [01:54.62]And my sisters off and married
姐姐放下农事结了婚 [01:58.34]So the land was left to me
这片土地开始由我管理 [02:01.64] [02:04.35]There's a scarecrow in the garden
花园里安放着稻草人 [02:08.47]That looks like Lucifer
据说像死神一样可怕 [02:12.24]And I've been reading Revelations
我读着圣经中的启示录 [02:16.12]With my bare feet in the river
将双脚泡在河水中 [02:19.43] [02:22.10]I know every single fencepost
我已深深记住每片栅栏 [02:25.78]Every rock that goes around
每个土地上的石块 [02:30.02]I've been staring at the red oak
我记住了土地上的那棵大树 [02:33.54]Where I know they're lay me down
那是我乘凉的地方 [02:36.89] [02:40.01]The fields ain't what they once were
土地已不似从前那般 [02:43.91]The rains just seem to flood
雨水好像要冲毁一切 [02:47.61]And I've been thinking about that river
我在想为什么那条河流 [02:51.74]Wondering how it turned to blood
变成了血红色 [02:55.41] [02:57.84]I've been siting here all morning
我每天从早到晚 [03:01.81]I was sitting here all night
坐在河边 [03:05.88]Theres a bible in my left hand
我左手拿着圣经 [03:10.20]And a pistol in my right
右手却拿着手枪 [03:14.19]