My Old Man

I got a picture of himbarefoot in the mud
我有一張照片,他赤足站在泥濘中
Behind his grandpa's plow an' two great mules
在他的祖父犁後另有兩頭大毛驢
When he turned ten years old, on May 8, '53.
那時53年5月8日,他十歲
He grew up fearin' God in Washburn, Tennessee
他出生於田納西州沃什本一個奉信上帝的家庭
The closest thing he had to a Dad was his Uncle Bob
視鮑伯叔叔如父親
An' he could only dream of things like little league baseball
唯一的夢想就是加入小聯盟棒球隊
An' that little boy, with big blue eyes and calloused hands
這小男孩有雙藍色的大眼睛和結滿繭的手
Huh, became my old man
後來他成我的老爹
Well she was a Kentucky girl, born on Valentine's Day
她是一個肯塔基女孩，生於情人節
The fourth child of five to my Grandma, Eula May
是我外婆尤拉.梅五個孩中的四閏女
So shy and beautiful with sunset hair and emerald eyes
日落般燦爛的金發，綠寶石似的明眸，美麗中蘊藏羞怯
Her Daddy spent his life workin' in the coal mines
外公當一輩子的煤礦工
Now in my eyes, all my life, my Daddy's been a Saint
在我看來，爹一直是我生命中的聖人
But even Saints need Angels to show them the way
但是聖人也需要有天使來為他們引路
And over thirty-seven years ago, he asked for Margaret Lynn's hand
約37年前,他向瑪格里特.林求婚
And that Angel married my old man
然後天使嫁給我老爹
And there were times I tried to buck, the truthful things they said
我一直抗拒鄉親們所說的真相
But now I'm glad that, more than once, they rattled my stubborn head
然而現在我很高興，他們常讓我清醒過來
'Cause my folks are just like mountains, I looked at from afar
當我遠眺，鄉親就像山
But now the closer I get to them, the bigger they are
越靠近，越覺得高大
The time seems to fly anymore, and the holidays are so far apart
光陰如梭，然而離重逢的佳節尚遠
There's no way a 'phone call could express what's in my heart
沒有別的辦法而電話又不能真正表達我的情感
So this is just a song to say how greatful I am
唯有此歌才能略表
For Mamma and my old man
我對雙親的無比感恩之心
For Mamma and my old man
我對雙親的無比感恩之心