Tennessee River Runs Low

If I were born to be a river
如果我生來是一條河流
If a river is all Id be
若我是一條河流
Id tell the giver of all of the rivers
我要告訴所有河流的源頭
To make me the Tennessee
帶我去往田納西

多少雨滴落在了窗格上
How many drops of rain roll of how many windowpanes
匯入低窪的山谷，在那裡，有像我一樣的河流發源於涓涓細流
Down to a valley low where a river like me begins to grow
我唱著悲傷的歌匆匆流動
I sing a mournful song as I rush a ramble along
我深深地埋葬了那些秘密

我把他們藏在鯰魚蠕動的地方
I bury secrets deep
就算是滾滾浪潮也無法觸及我深深埋藏的東西
I keep them down where the catfish creep
在六月的阿拉巴馬，我哼著悲傷的曲調
Where the rolling tide cant reach the things that I hide
我唱著憂鬱的歌謠
I hum a mournful tune in the Alabama June
即使是田納西河都被我打動

當天空明亮而潔淨
And I sing
當你頭頂沒有一片雲彩

親愛的，你可以漂浮在明澈之中
Even the Tennessee river runs low
我注定要如此愛你

當暴風雨肆虐
When the sky is bright and clear
當所有的燈光熄滅
Not a cloud above you
只有河流應和我的歌
You can float in knowing , dear
唱那首小調吧
That I was made to love you
把我漆成憂鬱的藍與灰
When the storm is raging
河流呀，快快帶我離開
All the light is fading
沒漂浮過那些石塊和欄杆
The river sings along with me
奔向巍峨的大山
Reaching for that minor key
我就是田納西呀

看著你在驚濤駭浪裡浮沉
Color me blue and gray
我唱起了歌謠
River, carry me fast away
即使是田納西河都被我打動
Flood all the rocks and grills
即使是田納西河都被我感染
On for the mighty hill
即使是田納西河都應聲附和
I am the Tennessee
See you down at the stormy sea

And I sing

Even the Tennessee river runs low
The Tennessee river runs low
Even the Tennessee river runs low