老牌民谣组合the brothers four 的代表作品。
中文歌名五花八门，有《绿野》《绿色原野》《绿色大地》《绿野田园》等版本，最不靠谱的一个叫《绿菜园》，估计是某台湾菜农翻译的。
once there were green fields
kissed by the sun
once there were valleys
where rivers used to run
once there were blue skies
with white clouds high above
once there were part of
an everlasting love
we were the lovers who strolled
through green fields
green fields are gone now
parched by the sun
gone from the valleys
where rivers used to run
gone with the cold wind
that swept into my heart
gone with the lovers
who let their dreams depart
where are the green fields
that we used to roam?
i’ll never know
what made you run away
how can i keep searching
when dark clouds hide the day?
i only know
there’s nothing here for me
nothing in this wide world
left for me to see
but i’ll keep on waiting
till you return
i’ll keep on waiting
until the day you learn
you can’t be happy
while your hearts on the roam
you can’t be happy
until you bring it home
home to the green fields and me once again
