Thank God I'm a Country Boy (Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - AugustSeptember 1974)

Thank god I'm a country boy ---by John Denver
Thank god I'm a country boy ---by John Denver

嗯，農場的生活有些懶散
Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
是不是像我這樣的老鄉下孩子不能亂砍亂劈
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
在睡袋裡早早地醒來
It's early to rise, early in the sack
感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
Thank God, I'm A Country Boy
嗯， 一個簡單的生活從來不會沒有傷害

撫養我長大的家庭，工作的農場
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
我的生活充滿了簡單的鄉村樂趣
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
嗯，我有一個好妻子和一把舊小提琴
Thank God I'm a country boy
當太陽升起的時候，我烤好了一個蛋糕

生活並不枯燥，而是一個有趣的謎題
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
當完成所有的工作，太陽也就下山了
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
我拿出我的小提琴，調了調弦
Thank God I'm A country boy
孩子們都已安然入睡，所以我彈得很低

感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low
如果可以，我會彈一整天的“Sally Goodin”
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
但是主和我的妻子恐怕不會好受
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
所以工作時間我便工作，但一空閒我就會拉小提琴
Thank God I'm a country boy
感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子

嗯，我有一個好妻子和一把舊小提琴
I'd play 'Sally Goodin'' all day if I could
當太陽升起的時候，我烤好了一個蛋糕
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
生活並不枯燥，而是一個有趣的謎題
So I fiddle when I can, work when I should
感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
Thank God, I'm a country boy
嗯，就算是鑽石珠寶，我也不會用我的生活與之交換

我從來就不是一個渴望金錢的傻瓜
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
我寧願拉小提琴或者耕地
Whenthe sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
耶，城里人開著一輛黑色豪華轎車
Thank God I'm A country boy
很多人覺得那樣很酷

孩子，讓我告訴你我的想法
Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
I never was one of them money hungry fools
嗯，我有一個好妻子和一把舊小提琴
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
當太陽升起的時候，我烤好了一個蛋糕
Thank God I'm a country boy
生活並不枯燥，而是一個有趣的謎題

感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
好吧，我的小提琴是爸爸死後傳給我的
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
他拉著我呆在他的身旁
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
他說“生活是美好的，我懷著自豪拉著小提琴
I thank God I'm a country boy
感謝上帝，你是一個鄉下孩子”

爸爸教我怎麼打獵怎麼用刀
Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
他教我怎麼工作，怎麼用小提琴拉出一支曲子
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
教我怎樣去愛，怎樣去給予
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
感謝上帝，我是一個鄉下孩子
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's til the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
He said...'Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank God you're a country boy'

My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank God I'm a country boy