Dirt Cheap

• By: Cody Johnson
• Album: Leather

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

They came in thinkin' top dollar

[音乐]

To that old cotton crop farmer

...

They knocked on his screen door, and he said

他们进来时想着顶级

"Lord, what you need, boys," and they said

对那片老棉花地的美元

"You know all the others went and cashed out

农夫，他们敲了他的纱窗门

We got the subdivision all mapped out

他问：主啊，你需要什么，孩子？

It'll sit right here on this land

你需要的，孩子们，他们说你知道的

And you can leave town a rich man"

其他人去投标，我们得到了

And he said, "Boys, whatever you're offerin', it won't be enough

所有的分区都已规划好，它将坐落

'Cause I got a little girl that used to swing right there

他说，孩子们，无论你们

I still see her pink bow in her brown hair

因为我有一个小女孩曾经

She's in the big city, but she still calls home

...

What's she gonna do if she comes back, and we're gone?

她棕色头发上的粉色蝴蝶结

And over there, under that wide oak tree

她在大城市，但她仍然

Beneath the cross is where my best buddy's buried

打电话回家，如果她

Lasted 13 huntin' season runnin' strong

回来时我们不在那儿

Keep your money 'cause a man can't leave his dog

十字架下我最好的朋友被埋的地方

And over there is where I got down on one knee

...

You can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"

他的狗，而我在那儿得到了

One man smiled and he kinda looked away

买那种

The other said, "Before we go, I gotta know one thing

[音乐]

Between the droughts and the floods through all the years

一个人微笑着，有点

What in the world got you through?

看向一边，另一个人说在我们走之前

How the hell'd you get here?" And he said

我得知道一件事，在干旱和

"That little girl that used to swing right there

洪水之间，经历了所有的

I still see her pink bow in her brown hair

你到底是怎么来到这里的，他

Runnin' up after one of them long days

说那个小女孩曾经在那儿荡秋千

A big smile makin' every little worry fade

我仍然能看到她棕色头发上的粉色蝴蝶结

And over there, under that wide oak tree

她的头发在长长的日子里飞扬

Beneath the cross, where my best buddy's buried

她的大笑容让每一个小

All them huntin' seasons freezin' in a Jon boat

担忧消失，而在那儿，在那棵

Me and him, double-barrel and a two-stroke

白橡树下的十字架旁

And that woman that said yes when I got down on one knee

我最好的朋友埋在那儿，所有的狩猎

Yeah, you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"

他在双管的两冲程发动机上

No, it ain't somethin' you fall into

你不能买的，所有重要的

It's somethin' God gives you

...

And you hold on to

就在这里，这不是你能

...

...

Just like that little girl who used to swing right there

掉进来的，而是上帝给你的

I still see her pink bow in her brown hair

这里，B，你什么时候来的，嗨，爸爸

She's in the big city now, but she still calls home

...

She's comin' back next week, and man, it's been too long

这些人是你的朋友吗

And over there, under that wide oak tree

前一周，这片土地不是

Beside the cross, where my best buddy's buried

出售，粉色蝴蝶结，她在

Lays a puppy posted up in the shade

大城市，但她仍然打电话回家

That woman never could turn away a stray

太久了

I guess this's why she said, "Yes" when I got down on one knee

太久了，在那棵白橡树下

Oh, long as all this is here, why the hell would I ever leave?

朋友被埋在那儿，旁边有一只小狗

And you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap

迷失，我想这就是她说“是”的原因

...

这一切都是为什么，天哪

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
cotton /ˈkɒtn/ A2	noun - 棉花
farmer /ˈfɑːrmər/ A1	noun - 农民
town /taʊn/ A1	noun - 镇
rich /rɪtʃ/ A2	adjective - 富有的
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - 女孩
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - 城市
hair /her/ A1	noun - 头发
buddy /ˈbʌdi/ A2	noun - 伙伴
dog /dɔːɡ/ A1	noun - 狗
money /ˈmʌni/ A1	noun - 钱
knee /niː/ A2	noun - 膝盖
dirt /dɜːrt/ A2	noun - 泥土
drought /draʊt/ B1	noun - 干旱
flood /flʌd/ B1	noun - 洪水
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - 微笑
worry /ˈwɜːri/ A2	noun - 担忧
puppy /ˈpʌpi/ A2	noun - 小狗
shade /ʃeɪd/ B1	noun - 阴凉
stray /streɪ/ B2	noun - 迷路的动物

Grammar:

• They came in thinkin' top dollar

  ➔ 动名词 ('thinkin')

  ➔ 这里，“thinkin'”（thinking）充当名词，表示思考的行为。在非正式的口语/歌曲中，省略以“-ing”结尾的单词中的“g”是很常见的。完整的句子是“They came in, thinking they would get top dollar.”

• You know all the others went and cashed out

  ➔ 短语动词: "cashed out"

  ➔ "Cashed out"指的是将投资变现，或者出售某物以换取金钱。

• Whatever you're offerin', it won't be enough

  ➔ 省略的关系从句 (Whatever you're offering)

  ➔ "Whatever you're offering"充当句子的主语。暗示的完整句子可能是 "No matter what it is that you are offering"。“Whatever”充当融合关系代词，结合了先行词和关系代词本身。

• Cause I got a little girl that used to swing right there

  ➔ 用 "that" 引导的定语从句（限定性）

  ➔ 短语 "that used to swing right there" 是一个定语从句，修饰 "a little girl"。"That" 引导从句，是一个关系代词，指代名词 "girl"。"used to" 描述过去的习惯或状态。

• What's she gonna do if she comes back, and we're gone?

  ➔ 条件句（第一类）与非正式的 "gonna"

  ➔ 这是一个第一类条件句，表达了未来的一种真实的可能性。“If she comes back, what will she do?” 是其基本结构。“Gonna” 是 “going to” 的非正式缩写。

• Lasted 13 huntin' season runnin' strong

  ➔ 省略的关系从句 / 形容词短语

  ➔ 这个短语充当对 "huntin' season" 的描述。它可以被解释为一个省略的关系从句，其中关系代词和助动词被省略（例如，“which was running strong”）。"Huntin'" 用作形容词，在非正式语言中很常见。

• Keep your money 'cause a man can't leave his dog

  ➔ 非正式缩写（"cause"）和情态动词（"can't"）

  ➔ "Cause" 是 “because” 的非正式缩写。“Can't” 是 “cannot” 的缩写，是一种情态动词，表达无能力或不可能。

• Yeah, you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap

  ➔ 情态动词（"can't"）和用作副词的形容词（"dirt cheap"）

  ➔ "Can't" (cannot) 表达不可能。“Dirt cheap” 是一个复合形容词，在这里用作副词，修饰 “buy”（你不能以 “dirt cheap” 的方式购买它）。在非正式口语中，使用形容词代替副词是很常见的。