Mary Jo
Album: 2003 Demo(2003)
There's a little green house off a gravel road
碎石路边有座绿房子
'Bout a mile from Bobby Freeman's farm
离鲍比·弗里曼农场一英里远
Mary Jo runs her own little flower shop
玛丽乔的花店静静绽放
Courtesy of the old red barn
老红谷仓的温柔馈赠
My mama's mama's lifelong friend, Jo
外婆的老友乔
Didn't like the people of town
这小镇的人总让我心慌
Four kids and wildflowers and calla lilies
四个孩子嬉戏在野花与马蹄莲间
Jo'd rather have them around
乔宁愿他们陪在身旁
Got me a letter, said
收到一封信笺 写着
"You gotta come home
你该回到我身旁
I'm feeling a little bit low
心情有点低落
It's lilac season and I need some help
紫丁香盛开的季节 我多需要你陪伴
Keeping my garden grown
让我的花园永远绽放
Signed, Mary Jo"
署名是玛丽乔
So many questions answered
多少疑问终得解
When I spent that summer with Jo
那年夏天 我和乔共度的时光
Lavender pillows and weeping willows
薰衣草枕畔 垂柳轻叹
Things I would never have known
那些我永远无法知晓的事
'Til Mary Jo
直到玛丽乔
We collected bouquets and made lemonade
我们采撷花束 酿成柠檬甜露
Mixed rose water perfume
玫瑰香水氤氲着芬芳
Jo started giving and I started living
乔开始付出 我才真正活过
Under the pale blue moon
苍白的月光下
Sang to Jo's records and Sweet Home Kentucky
对着乔的唱片轻唱 肯塔基的故乡
Watching her garden grow
看她种的花儿正绽放
Says I'm smart and always was lucky
你说我聪明 总被幸运眷顾
Now I'll never really know
如今我再也无法明了
XO, Mary Jo
亲爱的玛丽乔
So many questions answered
答案已随风飘散
When I spent that summer with Jo
那个夏天 我和乔一起度过
Lavender pillows and weeping willows
薰衣草枕边 垂柳轻摇曳
Things I would never have known
那些我从未知晓的过往
'Til Mary Jo
直到玛丽乔出现
Summer started packing its bags
夏日已收拾行囊
And Mary Jo had something on her mind
玛丽乔心事重重难开口
Cleared her throat and swallowed real hard
她清了清嗓 咽下所有心伤
And said "My voice seems to be in a bind
轻声叹道 我的声音被困住
But when I wrote that letter I was really sick
可当我写下那封信时 心已病入膏肓
The doctor said I was gonna go
医生说我时日无多
Then you came home and it seems to be gone
你归来时 爱已悄然消逝
You made something in that garden grow
你在那片花园种下了希望
But we'll never know"
可我们永远无法知晓
Said Mary Jo
玛丽乔轻声说
So many questions answered
多少疑问终得解
When I spent that summer with Jo
那年夏天 我和乔共度的时光
Lavender pillows and weeping willows
薰衣草枕畔 垂柳轻叹
Things I would never have known
那些我永远无法知晓的事
'Til Mary Jo
直到玛丽乔