笨小笨Blue Diamond Mines歌词由Jean Ritchie演唱，出自专辑《Top 67 Classics - The Very Best of Jean Ritchie》，下面是《Blue Diamond Mines》完整版歌词！
Blue Diamond Mines歌词完整版
Rockin' Crickets - Hot Toddy's
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Written by：Dick Weissman
Written by：Dick Weissman
I remember the ways in the bygone days
我记得过去的日子
When we was all in our prime
在我们意气风发的时候
How us and Johnny
我们和Johnny
We gave the old man hell
我们让这老头生不如死
Down in the blue diamond mines
在蓝色钻石矿里
When the whistle would blow 'fore the rooster crowed
Full two hours before daylight
天亮前整整两个小时
When a man done his best
当一个男人拼尽全力
And he earned his good rest
他终于可以好好休息了
And had seventeen dollars at night
晚上挣到十七块钱
In the mines in the mines in the blue diamond mines
在蓝色钻石矿里
I have worked my life away
我埋头苦干一辈子
In the mines in the mines in the blue diamond mines
在蓝色钻石矿里
Oh fall on your knees and pray
双膝跪地虔诚祈祷
You old black gold you've taken my soul
你让我心醉神迷
Your dust has darkened my home
你的尘埃遮蔽了我的家
And now I'm old
现在我老了
And you turn your back
你转过身去
Where else can an old miner go
一个老矿工还能去哪里
Well it's big leatherwood
好吧这是块大皮革木
Are gone in black
都消失得无影无踪
Now it's old blue diamond too
现在它也变成了蓝色钻石
Well the pits
好吧坑
They are closed get another job
他们关门了再找一份工作
What work
什么工作
Can an old miner do
一个老矿工能做什么
In the mines in the mines
在矿井里
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝色钻石矿里
I have worked my life away
我埋头苦干一辈子
In the mines in the mines
在矿井里
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝色钻石矿里
Oh fall on your knees and pray
双膝跪地虔诚祈祷
Johnny had a dream
Johnny有一个梦想
But it's broken it seems
但似乎已经破碎
Now our union is letting us down
现在我们的联盟让我们失望透顶
Last week they took away my hospital card
上周他们没收了我的住院卡
Said why don't you leave this old town
你为何不离开这座老城
Oh let's go downtown boys and hang around
我们去市中心吧男孩们四处闲逛
Well maybe it ain't so bad
也许没那么糟
Go on back home and they meet you at the door
回家吧他们在门口等你
And it's what did you bring me dad
重要的是你给我带来了什么爸爸
In the mines in the mines
在矿井里
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝色钻石矿里
I have worked my life away
我埋头苦干一辈子
In the mines in the mines
在矿井里
In the blue diamond mines
在蓝色钻石矿里
Oh fall on your knees and pray
双膝跪地虔诚祈祷
