A Country Boy Can Survive

• By: Hank Williams, Jr.

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

The preacher man says it's the end of time

牧师说这是末日降临

And the Mississippi River, she's a-goin' dry

密西西比河啊，它就要干涸

The interest is up and the stock market's down

利率上涨，股市下跌

And you only get mugged if you go downtown

只有去市中心才会被抢劫

I live back in the woods, you see

我住在树林深处，你知道的

My woman and the kids and the dogs and me

我和我的女人、孩子、还有狗

I got a shotgun, a rifle and a four-wheel drive

我有一把猎枪，一支步枪，还有一辆四轮驱动车

And a country boy can survive

乡下小子能活下去

Country folks can survive

乡下人能活下去

I can plow a field all day long

我可以整天耕田

I can catch catfish from dusk 'til dawn (yeah)

我可以从黄昏到黎明都抓鲶鱼（耶）

We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too

我们自己酿威士忌，也自己卷烟

Ain't too many things these old boys can't do

没多少事这些老家伙做不了

We grow good-ole tomatoes and homemade wine

我们种好番茄，酿自制葡萄酒

And a country boy can survive

乡下小子能活下去

Country folks can survive

乡下人能活下去

Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run

因为你们饿不死我们，也赶不走我们

'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns

因为我们是玩枪长大的老家伙

We say grace, and we say ma'am

我们祷告，我们说“夫人”

If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn

如果你不喜欢，我们不在乎

We came from the West Virginia coal mines

我们来自西弗吉尼亚的煤矿

And the Rocky Mountains, and the western skies

和落基山脉，以及西方的天空

And we can skin a buck, we can run a trotline

我们可以剥鹿皮，我们可以下延绳钓

And a country boy can survive

乡下小子能活下去

Country folks can survive

乡下人能活下去

I had a good friend in New York City

我在纽约市有个好朋友

He never called me by my name, just hillbilly

他从不叫我的名字，只叫我乡巴佬

My grandpa taught me how to live off the land

我爷爷教我如何靠土地为生

And his taught him to be a businessman

他的爷爷教他如何做生意

He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights

他过去常寄给我百老汇夜晚的照片

And I'd send him some homemade wine

我会寄给他一些自制葡萄酒

But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife

但他被一个拿弹簧刀的人杀害了

For 43 dollars, my friend lost his life

为了43美元，我的朋友失去了生命

I'd love to spit some beech nut in that dude's eyes

我想朝那家伙的眼睛里吐些槟榔渣

And shoot him with my old .45

然后用我的老式.45手枪毙了他

'Cause a country boy can survive

因为乡下小子能活下去

Country folks can survive

乡下人能活下去

'Cause you can't starve us out and you can't make us run

因为你们饿不死我们，也赶不走我们

'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns

因为我们是玩枪长大的老家伙

We say grace, and we say ma'am

我们祷告，我们说“夫人”

If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn

如果你不喜欢，我们不在乎

We're from North California and South Alabam'

我们来自北加州和南阿拉巴马

And little towns all around this land

以及这片土地上的各个小镇

And we can skin a buck, and run a trotline

我们可以剥鹿皮，我们可以下延绳钓

And a country boy can survive

乡下小子能活下去

Country folks can survive

乡下人能活下去

A country boy can survive

乡下小子能活下去

Country folks can survive

乡下人能活下去

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
survive /sərˈvaɪv/ B1	verb - 幸存, 生存
plow /plaʊ/ B2	verb - 耕
catch /kætʃ/ A1	verb - 捕捉，抓住
grow /ɡroʊ/ A2	verb - 生长，种植
starve /stɑːrv/ B2	verb - 挨饿，饿死
raise /reɪz/ B1	verb - 养育
skin /skɪn/ B2	verb - 剥皮
friend /frend/ A1	noun - 朋友
taught /tɔːt/ A2	verb - 教
knife /naɪf/ A1	noun - 刀
shoot /ʃuːt/ A2	verb - 射击
woods /wʊdz/ A2	noun - 森林
wine /waɪn/ A1	noun - 葡萄酒
downtown /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/ A2	noun - 市中心
coal /koʊl/ B1	noun - 煤