所属专辑:You Can’t Make Old Friends
歌手: Kenny Rogers
时长: 04:00
You Had To Be There - Kenny Rogers (肯尼·罗杰斯)[00:00:00]
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He sat down picked up the phone[00:00:13]
他坐下来 拿起电话[00:00:16]
Said Boy I'm your old man[00:00:16]
他说 孩子 我是你爸[00:00:19]
He touched the glass between the two[00:00:19]
他摸了摸两人之间的玻璃[00:00:23]
As if to shake his hand[00:00:23]
好像要和他握手[00:00:26]
The boy he didn't budge[00:00:26]
那男孩没有动[00:00:29]
Not even so much as a blink [00:00:29]
甚至都没有眨一下眼[00:00:33]
The man said Oh come on boy[00:00:33]
老人说道 来吧 孩子[00:00:35]
Better late than never don't you think [00:00:35]
迟做总比不做好 难道你不这么认为吗[00:00:39]
He said I read it in the paper [00:00:39]
他说 我在报纸上看到[00:00:42]
Can't believe your twenty-one [00:00:42]
真不能相信你才二十一岁[00:00:45]
And I can't believe some son of mine[00:00:45]
我真无法相信我的儿子[00:00:49]
Could do the things I hear you've done [00:00:49]
会做那些我意想不到的事[00:00:52]
He went on like some big hero[00:00:52]
他继续说下去 就像个大英雄[00:00:55]
Who flew in to save the day [00:00:55]
好像要来挽救局面[00:00:58]
And the boy said If you're here[00:00:58]
男孩说 如果你在这里[00:01:01]
To steer me right man it's too late [00:01:01]
给我指引正确的方向 但已经太迟了[00:01:05]
You had to be there[00:01:05]
你一定得在那里[00:01:09]
And I'm talking from day one [00:01:09]
我从一开始就这么说[00:01:12]
That's the only time a man[00:01:12]
那是唯一的一次[00:01:14]
Should talk through glass to his new son[00:01:14]
男人和他的儿子隔着玻璃说话[00:01:18]
And you'd have to go back[00:01:18]
你需要回到过去[00:01:21]
And teach me how when I was nine[00:01:21]
教我怎么做 当我九岁的时候[00:01:25]
Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball[00:01:25]
因为我妈妈连球都扔不了[00:01:28]
Even if she had the time [00:01:28]
即使她有时间[00:01:31]
But I shoulda been learnin' how to fish[00:01:31]
但我应该学学如何去钓鱼[00:01:35]
Instead of learnin' how to smoke [00:01:35]
而不是如何抽烟[00:01:38]
I bet if you'd whooped my tail[00:01:38]
我敢说如果你能驱赶着我[00:01:42]
I'd never thought it was a joke [00:01:42]
我就永远不会觉得这是个笑话[00:01:45]
He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong[00:01:45]
他说 有时候做错事的欲望[00:01:48]
Is way too strong for any momma's prayers [00:01:48]
比任何母亲的祈祷都要强烈[00:01:57]
You had to be there [00:01:57]
你一定得在那里[00:02:05]
The man said Boy I'm sorry[00:02:05]
男人说 孩子 对不起[00:02:08]
That you hate me like you do [00:02:08]
你这么恨我[00:02:11]
The boy said Dry it up man [00:02:11]
男孩说 擦干眼泪吧[00:02:14]
We ain't makin' this 'bout you [00:02:14]
我们做这事又不是为了你[00:02:18]
It's 'bout a teenage girl against the world[00:02:18]
是关于一个年轻女孩与世界为敌[00:02:21]
Who was left there high and dry [00:02:21]
她被丢在那里孤立无援[00:02:24]
About a kid who might've stood [00:02:24]
关于一个孩子或许[00:02:27]
A whole lot better shot at life [00:02:27]
在他的生命力能站立得更好[00:02:30]
But you had to be there[00:02:30]
但是你一定得在那里[00:02:34]
And I'm talkin from day one [00:02:34]
我从一开始就这么说[00:02:37]
That's the only time a man[00:02:37]
那是唯一的一次[00:02:41]
Should talk through glass to his new son[00:02:41]
男人和他的儿子隔着玻璃说话[00:02:43]
And you'd have to go back[00:02:43]
你需要回到过去[00:02:47]
And teach me how when I was nine[00:02:47]
教我怎么做 当我九岁的时候[00:02:50]
Cause my momma couldn't throw a ball[00:02:50]
因为我妈妈连球都扔不了[00:02:54]
Even if she had the time [00:02:54]
即使她有时间[00:02:56]
I shoulda been learnin' how to fish[00:02:56]
我应该学学如何去钓鱼[00:03:00]
Instead of learnin' how to smoke [00:03:00]
而不是如何抽烟[00:03:03]
I bet if you'd whooped my tail[00:03:03]
我敢说如果你能驱赶着我[00:03:07]
I'd never thought it was a joke [00:03:07]
我就永远不会觉得这是个笑话[00:03:10]
He said sometimes the will for doin' wrong[00:03:10]
他说 有时候做错事的欲望[00:03:14]
Is way too strong for any momma's prayers [00:03:14]
比任何母亲的祈祷都要强烈[00:03:23]
You had to be there [00:03:23]
你一定得在那里[00:03:37]
The boy stood up hung up the phone[00:03:37]
男孩站起来 挂了电话[00:03:39]
He said They say I'm out of time [00:03:39]
他说 他们说我时间到了[00:03:43]
And it hit the man right then and there[00:03:43]
它打击到那个男人 就在那里 他说[00:03:47]
My God son so am I[00:03:47]
天啊 儿子 我也到时间了[00:03:52]