Steve Strauss Youngstown - 群星
Here in northeast Ohio
回想俄亥俄的东北
Back in eighteen-o-three
回想1803年
James and Danny found the ore that was linin'
杰姆斯和丹尼
Yellow Creek
在黄色河谷发现了矿藏
They built a blast furnace
他们沿着河岸
Here along the shore
建起了高炉
And they made the cannon balls
他们又制造加农炮
That helped the Union win the war
帮助联盟打了胜仗
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
亲爱的珍妮 我沉沦在这里
Here darlin' in Youngstown
就在亲爱的扬斯敦
Well my daddy worked the furnaces
那时父亲烧着锅炉
Kept'em hotter than hell
它烧得比炼狱还要热
I came home from 'Nam worked my way to scarfer
我刚从越南战场回到家 却又去剥钢坯
A job that'd suit the devil as well
真是魔鬼才能干的活
Taconite coke and limestone
铁矿石 焦炭和石灰岩
Fed my children made my pay
养大了我的孩子 让我拿到一点点钞票
Smokestacks reachin' like the arms of
高高的烟囱就像上帝的手臂
God into a beautiful sky of soot and clay
伸向烟灰和尘土装点的美丽天空
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
亲爱的珍妮 我沉沦在这里
Here darlin' in Youngstown
就在亲爱的扬斯敦
Well my daddy come on the Ohio works
我的父亲从二战战场回到家
When he come home from World War Two
就在俄亥俄干起活
Now the yard's just scrap and rubble
而现在工场只剩下废料和瓦砾
He said Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do
他说 那些大小伙子做了希特做不了的事情
These mills they built the tanks and bombs
他们在工厂里制造坦克和炸弹
That won this country's wars
帮助国家打了胜仗
We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam
我们把子孙送去朝鲜和越南战场
Now we're wondering what they were dyin' for
现在却不知道他们到底为谁拼命为谁亡
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
亲爱的珍妮 我沉沦在这里
Here darlin' in Youngstown
就在亲爱的扬斯敦
From the Monongahela valley
从莫农加希拉山谷
To the Mesabi iron range
到密沙比铁矿场
To the coal mines of Appalachia
再到阿巴拉契亚山的煤矿
The story's always the same
故事里总是相同的
Seven hundred tons of metal a day
每天造出七百吨钢铁
Now sir you tell me the world's changed
现在 先生 你却告诉我世界已经变了
Once I made you rich enough
我的血汗成就了你的富有
Rich enough to forget my name
而我的名字随矿山旁的溪水流走
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
亲爱的珍妮 我沉沦在这里
Here darlin' in Youngstown
就在亲爱的扬斯敦
When I die I don't want no part of heaven
当我死去的一刻 绝不想进入天堂
I would not do heaven's work well
我不会再到天堂重复生前的活计
I pray the devil comes
我祈祷魔鬼把我带走
Takes me to stand in the fiery furnaces of hell
让我待在地狱熊熊的锅炉里燃烧
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
Here in Youngstown
就在扬斯敦啊
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
亲爱的珍妮 我沉沦在这里
Here darlin' in Youngstown
就在亲爱的扬斯敦
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
亲爱的珍妮 我沉沦在这里
Here darlin' in Youngstown
就在亲爱的扬斯敦
