When I was a boy my family would travel 当我还是个孩子的我的家人将前往

Inta' Western Kentucky where my parents were born INTA “西肯塔基在我的父母都出生

To a lost little town there that's often remembered 对丢失的小镇那里，常常想起

So many times that my memory drew warn 所以很多时候，我的记忆画了警告

   

And daddy won't me take me back to Mulingburg County 和爸爸会不会我把我带回Mulingburg县

Down by the green river where Paradise lay 走在绿色的河流，在那里打下的天堂

He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin' 他说：“对不起我的儿子，但揭掉来不及在阿斯金

Mr. Peabodys' coal trains hauled it away" Peabodys先生的运煤列车拖运它扔掉“

   

Well, sometimes we travel right down the green river 嗯，有时候我们旅行沿着这条绿色的河

To the abandoned old prison down by Gadry Hill 要废弃的旧监狱下降Gadry山

Where the air smelled like snakes, we'd shoot off pistols 这里的空气闻起来像蛇，我们就拍了手枪

Ahh, but empty pop bottles is all we would kill 啊，但是空的饮料瓶都是我们会杀

   

And daddy won't me take me back to Mulingburg County 和爸爸会不会我把我带回Mulingburg县

Down by the green river where paradise lay 走在绿色的河流，在那里打下的天堂

He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin' 他说：“对不起我的儿子，但揭掉来不及在阿斯金

Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away" Peabodys先生的煤炭列车拖走它扔掉“

   

Well, the coal company came with the worlds largest shovel 那么，煤炭企业就与世界上最大的铲

They tortured the timber and stripped all of the land 他们折磨的木材和剥夺了所有的土地

Lord, they dug for their coal 'til the ground was forsaken 主啊，他们挖了他们的煤，直到地面被抛弃

Then wrote it all down as a the 'Progress Of Man' 然后写了这一切的“进度男人”

   

So daddy won't you take me back to Mulingburg County 所以，爸爸你不带我回Mulingburg县

Down by the green river where Paradise lay 走在绿色的河流，在那里打下的天堂

He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin' 他说：“对不起我的儿子，但揭掉来不及在阿斯金

Mr. Peabodys' coal trains hauled it away" Peabodys先生的运煤列车拖运它扔掉“

   

When I die let my ashes float down the green river 当我死了，让我的骨灰漂浮在青川

Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam 让我的灵魂翻滚，一直到罗切斯特大坝

I'll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waitin' 我会在半路天堂天堂等着

Just 5 miles away from wherever I am 只有5英里远的地方，我

   

Ohh, and daddy won't you take me back to Mulingburg County 哦，爸爸，你不带我回Mulingburg县

Down by the green river where Paradise lay 走在绿色的河流，在那里打下的天堂

He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin' 他说：“对不起我的儿子，但揭掉来不及在阿斯金

Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away" Peabodys先生的煤炭列车拖走它扔掉“

   

He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin' 他说：“对不起我的儿子，但揭掉来不及在阿斯金

Mr. Peabodys coal train has hauled it away Peabodys先生煤炭列车拖走它扔掉

Oh, Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away" 哦， Peabodys先生煤炭列车拖走它扔掉“