Floatin' down the river 莲花灯“顺流而下

With a saturated liver 用饱和的肝脏

And I thought I would forgive her 我想我会原谅她

But I do believe she meant it 但我相信她是认真的

When she told me to forget it 当她告诉我算了吧

And I bet she will regret it 我敢打赌她一定会后悔的

When they find me in the morning wet and drowned 当他们发现我在早晨潮湿而溺毙

And the word gets 'round 这个词得到轮

Goin' down 布莱恩下来

I'm Goin' down 我要去下来

   

Coming' up for air 未来了空气

It's pretty stuffy under there 这下有相当闷

I'd like to say I didn't care 我想要说我不在乎

But I forgot to leave a note 但我忘了留下便条

And it's so hard to stay afloat 它是如此难以维持下去

I'm soakin' wet without a boat 我soakin “湿无舟

And I knew I should have taken off my shoes 我知道我应该采取把我的​​鞋

It's front page news 这是头版新闻

Goin' down 布莱恩下来

I'm goin' down 我要去下来

   

I wish I had another drink 我希望我再来一杯

It wouldn't be so hard to sink 它也不会这么难下沉

I should have taken time to think 我应该花时间去思考

Besides I got the picture straight 此外，我得到的图片直

She must have had another date 她一定有另一个日期

I didn't need this extra weight 我并不需要这额外的重量

I wish that I could see the way to shore 我希望我能看到岸的方式

Don't want no more 不想要了

Goin' down 布莱恩下来

I'm goin' down 我要去下来

   

And now I see the life I led 而现在我看到我带领的生活

I slept it all away in bed 我从床上睡了这一切

I should have learned to swim instead 我应该学会游泳，而不是

And now it's really got me stumped 现在它真的让我难住了

I can't believe why I jumped 我不能相信，为什么我跳

I'd like to get my tummy pumped 我想要让我的肚子抽

I can't believe they drink this stuff in town 我不能相信他们喝这种东西在城里

This dirty brown 这个肮脏的褐色

Goin' down 布莱恩下来

I'm goin' down 我要去下来

   

I wish I looked before I leaped 我希望我看了之前，我跳下

I didn't know it was so deep 我不知道它是如此之深

Been down so far I don't get wet 一直走下去，到目前为止我没有淋湿

Haven't touched the bottom yet 还没有触底还

This river scene is gettin' old 这条河的场景刚开了老

I'm hungry, sleepy, wet and cold 我饿了，困了，又湿又冷

She told me to forget it nice 她告诉我很好算了吧

I should have taken her advice 我应该考虑她的意见

I only want to go back home 我只想回家

I'd gladly leave that girl alone 我很高兴地离开了女孩独自

What a way to spend the night 什么花路夜

If I don't drown, I'll die of fright 如果我没有淹死，我会吓死的

My pappy taught me how to float 我的糊状教我如何浮动

But I can't swim a single note 但我不会游泳单注

He threw me in to teach me how 他把我教我怎么

I stayed there floatin' like a mama cow 我在那里呆莲花灯“像妈妈牛

And now I've floated way down stream 现在我已经飘然地往下流

I know this has to be a dream 我知道这已经是一个梦想

If I could find my way to shore 如果我能找到我的方式来支撑

I'd never, never do this anymore 我从来没有，从来没有这样做了

I'll give you three, I've been down nine 我给你三个，我已经下了九个

I'm goin' down just one more time. 我要去下来只是一个更多的时间。

Goin' down. 布莱恩下来。

I'm goin' down. 我要去了。

   

Now the sky is gettin' light 现在，天空刚开了光

And everything will be alright 一切都会好起来的

Think I finally got the knack 想我终于得到了诀窍

Just floatin' here lazy on my back 只是莲花灯在这里偷懒在我的背上

I never really liked that town 我从来没有真正喜欢那个小镇

I think I'll ride the river down 我想我会倒骑河

Just movin' slow and floatin' free 刚往前缓慢，莲花灯“免费

There's a river swingin' under me. 有一条河在我荡秋千。

Waving back to the folks on shore 挥手回岸上的人

I should have thought of this before 之前，我应该有这种思想

I'm floatin' on down to New Orleans 我是莲花灯 ，下至新奥尔良

Goin' to pick up on some swingin' scenes 布莱恩拿起一些荡秋千的场景

I know I'll know a better day 我知道，我就知道更美好的明天

I'll go down groovin' all the way 好，我去groovin 一路

Goin' down 布莱恩下来

Goin' down 布莱恩下来