Sutter's Mill(Complete version originally performed by Dan Fogelberg) - Various Artists (欧美群星)
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Composed by：Dan Fogelberg
In the spring of forty seven
在四十七年的春天
So the story it is told
这样的故事
Old John Sutter went to the mill site
老约翰·沙特去了工厂
Found a piece of shining gold
找到一片闪耀的金子
Well he took it to the city
他带着枪来到城里
Where the word like wildfire spread
就像野火一样蔓延
And old John Sutter soon came to wish he'd
老约翰·沙特很快就后悔了
Left that stone in the river bed
把石头扔在河床里
For they came like herds of locusts
因为他们就像蜂拥而至的蚱蜢
Every woman child and man
每个女人孩子和男人
In their lumbering Conestogas
开着他们拙的车子
They left their tracks upon the land
他们在这片土地上留下了足迹
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人会失败有人会成功
Some would die and some would kill
有人会死去有人会杀戮
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人会感谢上帝拯救了他们
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰·沙特的工厂
Well they came from New York City
他们来自纽约
And they came from Alabam'
他们来自阿拉巴马
With their dreams of finding fortunes
心怀发财的梦想
In this wild unsettled land
在这片狂野不安的土地上
Well some fell prey to hostile arrows
有些人被敌人的箭射中
As they tried to 'cross the plains
当他们试图穿越平原
And some were lost in the rocky mountains
有些人迷失在怪石嶙峋的山里
With their hands froze to the reins
他们的手都被束缚住了
Oh
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人会失败有人会成功
Some would die and some would kill
有人会死去有人会杀戮
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人会感谢上帝拯救了他们
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰·沙特的工厂
Well some pushed on to California
有些人去了加利福尼亚
And others stopped to take their rest
其他人停下脚步休息片刻
And by the Spring of eighteen sixty
到了1860年的春天
They had opened up the west
他们开辟了西部
And then the railroad came behind them
铁路就在他们身后
And the land was plowed and tamed
土地被耕种被驯服
When old John Sutter went to meet his maker
老约翰·萨特去见上帝的时候
He'd not one penny to his name
他的名字一分钱都没有
Oh
Some would fail and some would prosper
有人会失败有人会成功
Some would die and some would kill
有人会死去有人会杀戮
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
有人会感谢上帝拯救了他们
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰·沙特的工厂
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
有人会诅咒约翰·沙特的工厂
Some men's thirsts are never filled
有些人的欲望永远无法满足
