Thank god I'm a country boy  John Denver

Well life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise, early in the sack
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raising me a family and working on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle
When the songs coming up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothing but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

When the work's all done and the songs settling low
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I'm a country boy

I'd play "Sally Goodin" all day if I could
But the lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So I fiddle when I can, work when I should
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle
When the songs coming up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothing but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farming tools
Thank God I'm a country boy

Yeah, city folk driving in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinking that's mighty keen
Son, let me tell you now exactly what I mean
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife I got me old fiddle
When the songs coming up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothing but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
Said, "Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank God you're a country boy"

My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the songs coming up, I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothing but a funny funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子  約翰丹佛

噢,鄉村裡的生活是如此的悠閒
像我這樣的老鄉下孩子也不能使它變得陳腐
在這裡大家早睡早起
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

像這樣簡單平凡的生活從來不曾給我帶來傷害
我建立了一個家庭,在農場裡工作
我的生活滿足於單純的鄉村魅力
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

噢,我娶了個好妻子,有一把舊小提琴
當太陽升起時,我的蛋糕會放在煎鍋裡
生活中除了有趣之外別無他物
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

當工作結束,夕陽西沈
我就搬出小提琴,用松香塗滿弓弦
孩子們都睡了,所以我必須保持小聲
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

如果可以,我會演奏一整天的"薩莉-GOODIN"
但上帝和我的妻子會忍受不了
所以我只在被允許時拉琴,應該工作時我就工作
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

噢,我娶了個好妻子,有一把舊小提琴
當太陽升起時,我的蛋糕會放在煎鍋裡
生活中除了有趣之外別無他物
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

噢,我不會拿現在的生活去交換鑽石珠寶
我從來就不是那群渴望著金錢的傻瓜之一
我寧願擁有我的小提琴和農場工具
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

城市裡的人們開著豪華的黑色大轎車
許多可悲的人以為那會使人羨慕不已
孩子,現在我告訴你我的真正想法
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

噢,我娶了個好妻子,有一把舊小提琴
當太陽升起時,我的蛋糕會放在煎鍋裡
生活中除了有趣之外別無他物
感謝上帝我是個鄉下孩子

噢,我的小提琴是父親在死去那天留給我的
當時他用手抓住我,將我摟向他身旁
他說"好好活著,自豪的拉我的小提琴吧
感謝上帝,你是個鄉下孩子"

我的爸爸曾教我如何打獵和做木工
他教我如何工作以及為小提琴調音
他教我怎麼去愛,怎樣避免付出太多
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

噢,我娶了個好妻子,有一把舊小提琴
當太陽升起時,我的蛋糕會放在煎鍋裡
生活中除了有趣之外別無他物
感謝上帝,我是個鄉下孩子

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  Take me home, country roads 鄉村小路,帶我回家 —John Denver

  Sunshine on my shoulder 陽光灑在我肩上 ─John Denver

  Annie's song 安妮之歌 —John Denver

  Perhaps love 愛也許是… —John Denver & Domingo

  Shanghai breezes 上海的微風 ─John Denver

  Rocky mountain high 高聳雄偉的洛磯山 ─John Denver

  Follow me 跟隨我 —John Denver

  How can I leave you again 我怎能再次離開你 —John Denver

  Fly away 遠走高飛 —John Denver & Olivia Newton-John

  Some days are diamonds 有些日子像鑽石 ─John Denver

  This old guitar 這把老吉他 —John Denver

  
Don't close your eyes tonight 今晚,別閉上雙眼 —John Denver