Текст песни: Down By The River + перевод

Charlie Wright’s life turned out all wrong

It went like the words to a country song

Walking down main with a wino’s swagger

Sucking from a brown bag down by the river

There goes Charlie now wondering what went wrong

His life’s like a guitar that wont keep tune

Covered in dust in some old attic room

Every time you touch it, it seems to get worse

Till you wonder if the whole damn thing ain’t cursed

And the player only knows those old hurting tunes

And down by the river where a bottle of wine

Can’t stop the tears flowing from his eyes

His Mama always told him things will turn out fine

But even mothers at times have been known

To tell little white lies

Sherry was the apple of her Daddy’s eye

And a punching bag after a little sip of rye

She makes a living off a sick man’s fantasy

Wondering up and down main-street

There she goes now trying to find some company for the night

Her life can’t seem to get no worse

She keeps a loaded pistol hidden in her purse

She feels like the star of a long bad dream

Where the current is pulling her down and she can’t do a thing

And every car that pulls up beside her looks like a hearse

And down by the river where a long white line

Can’t stop the tears flowing from her eyes

Her Mama always told her: things will turn out fine

But even Mothers at times have been known

To tell little white lies

One day Charlie was drinking by the riverbank

When he heard something that made his heartstrings break

He looked around for what he could find

And he saw Sherry crying out of two black eyes

He said: hush there darling things ain’t as bad as you think

With the sleeve of his coat he dried all her tears

And said the first tender words she’d heard in years

And as he looked into her two green eyes

He threw away his half drunk bottle of wine

And that was the start of so many happy years

Now down by the river they sit side by side

With tears of laughter flowing from their eyes

Their Mama’s always told them things would turn out fine

And don’t it look like Mama was right.

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