Gentle on My Mind

因为知道你住处的门始终敞开
It's knowing that your door is always open
你散步的路可以闲逛
And your path is free to walk
这让我难免想丢下行囊
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
卷起睡袋藏在你沙发后面
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
因为知道我不被
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
流言和纽带所羁绊
By forgotten words and bonds
墨水点在某行诗上变干
And the ink stains that are dried up on some line
让你停在我记忆之河
That keeps you in the backroads
河畔的乡间小路上
By the rivers of my memory
让你轻轻触动我的心田
And keeps you ever gentle on my mind
不是依附岩石的爬山虎
It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
它们的藤蔓如今将我缠绕
Planted on their columns now that bind me
也不是因为有人看见
Or something that somebody said
我们挽手散步而说的闲言
Because they thought we fit together walking
是因为知道这世界
It's just knowing that the world
历尽沧桑始终沉默无言
Will not be cursing or forgiving
当我沿着铁轨前行时才发现
When I walk along some railroad track and find
你正朝着我记忆之河
That you're moving on the backroads
河畔的乡间小路上走来
By the rivers of my memory
几个小时你都轻触我的心田
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
尽管麦田和晾衣绳
Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
垃圾堆和高速路处在你我之间
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
别些女人向她们母亲哭诉
And some other woman's crying to her mother
因为她改变心意 我已不见
'Cause she turned and you were gone
我依旧可以沉默奔跑
I still might run in silence
欢喜的泪水可能沾满脸庞
Tears of joy might stain my face
夏日的艳阳尽情将我炙烤直到眼盲
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind
但我不会躲到那个
But not to where I cannot see
看不到你在乡间路上散步的地方
You walking on the backroads
潺潺的流水轻触我的心田
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind
你在某个火车货物中转站里面
You dip your cup of soup back from a gurgling
从咯咯噼啪作响的大锅舀了一杯汤
Crackling caldron in some train yard
你的胡子一团硬煤渣
Your beard a roughening coal pile
一顶脏帽子拉低遮住脸
And a dirty hat pulled low across your face
尽管双手捧的是盛汤的锡罐
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
我却假装把你靠近心怀才发现
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
你正在我记忆之河
That you're waiting from the backroads
河畔的乡间小路上挥手
By the rivers of my memories
笑脸温暖如初 依旧轻触我的心田
Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind