Funkin’ Like My Father(Album Version) - Brian Culbertson

No one could do it like my father
无人如父般卓越
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远聪明绝顶机智的父亲
Mother thinks a lot of pa
妈妈高赞爸爸
But father drinks to think of ma
但父亲借酒消愁思母亲
The other night when pa came home he found to his surprise
有一天晚上，爸爸回到家，惊讶地发现
The iceman and my mother on the sofa making eyes
冰人和我母亲在沙发上眉来眼去
He did not get excited no not one word did he say
他一点都不激动一句话也没说
But when the iceman's bill came due papa refused to pay
冰人的账到期了
No one could do it like my father
无人能够像我父亲那样
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远聪明绝顶，狡猾过人，父亲大人
Father proved he was no slouch
父亲证明他非庸才
He fooled them all when he sold the couch
他把沙发卖掉时欺骗了所有人
And no one could do it like my dad
但没有人能像我父亲那样厉害
When father went to school they tell me he was very bad
他们告诉我，父亲上学时非常顽皮
They also say he had a purpose to make teacher mad
他们还说他有意让老师发狂
No one could do it like my father
无人能及我父亲的风采
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远聪明绝顶机智的父亲
Teacher knew a thing or two
老师确实有两把刷子
We lived right by a railway station not so far from here
我们就住在离这里不远的火车站旁边
And father would make faces at the passing engineers
父亲对着路过的工程师们做鬼脸
They'd all throw coal at father yes they would upon my soul
他们朝我父亲扔煤块，是的，他们真的这样侮辱我的灵魂
No one could do it like my father
无人能与吾父相比
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远聪明绝顶机智的父亲
First he got coal one by one
起初他一粒一粒地得到煤炭
And now he sells it by the ton
如今却成吨地售卖
Around election time my father never knows his name
在选举的时候我的父亲从来不知道他的名字
Sometimes it's Breen or Smith or Green Gilhouley or McShane
有时他是布林、史密斯或格林·吉尔霍利或麦克沙恩
Then other times it's Harrigan O'Connor or O'Dell
其他时候是哈里根·奥康纳或奥德尔
They ought to call him Winchester 'cause he repeats so well
他们应该叫他温彻斯特，因为他变脸变得真快
No one could do it like my father
无人能像我父亲那样做到。
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远聪明绝顶机智的父亲
When you see him change his coat
见他换衣衫
You know that means another vote
意味着又一道抉择
And no one could do it like my dad
但无人能像我父亲做得那么好
And no one could do it like my dad
无人能效仿我父。
And when the winter came around we never needed coal
冬日里我们从不需煤炭
She always wore a low cut shoe
她总是穿着低跟鞋
No one could do it like my dad
无人能效仿我父风采
She'd make him stay in after school and pa would ne'er refuse
她会让他放学后留下来，爸爸从不拒绝
And no one could do it like my dad
无人能像我父亲做得那么好
I hate to brag about my fam'ly but I must say that
我讨厌吹嘘我的家人但我必须说
My father is the greatest man who ever wore a hat
我父亲是有史以来最了不起的人
He always took things easy in an easy sort of way
他总举重若轻
No one could do it like my father
无人能及我父亲
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远聪明绝顶机智的父亲
Other men might do the same
其他人或许也会这样做
But when it came to make a name
但当他要扬名立万的时候
At keeping servant girls my father always was an ace
操纵女仆，我父亲一向是高手
He had a certain way to keep the ladies in their place
他有办法让女士们安分守己
Their place was in the kitchen and his place to keep them there
她们的位置在厨房，他的位置是留住她们于此
I don't know how he did it but I really must declare
我不知他是如何办到的，但我必须得说
No one could do it like my father
无人能及我父亲
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远聪明绝顶，狡猾过人，父亲大人
Servants liked the cops of course
家仆与警察关系好
So father joined the police force
于是父亲加入了警察队伍
No one could do it like my dad
无人能做到像我父亲那般
One night papa went in to see that great Salome dance
那夜父亲去观赏那迷人的莎乐美舞
You talk about attention say he gave her ev'ry glance
你说他全神贯注，他给了她每一个眼神
He has my mother dancing now her brain is in a whirl
他让我母亲旋转舞蹈，她的脑海一片混沌
And only here last week he came home with a string of pearls
上周他刚带回家一串珍珠
No one could do it like my father
无人如我父般卓越
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远聪明绝顶机智的父亲
Now he always stays at home
现在他总是待在家里
Mama has learned that dance Salome
妈妈已经学会了舞蹈Salome
My mother weighs three hundred pounds but don't give it away
我妈妈有三百磅重可我不会轻易出手
She bought a brand new sheath gown and she wore it yesterday
她新购了一袭紧身长裙，昨日穿上它
My father showed his dignity when mother showed her sock
当妈妈露出袜子时我的父亲显示了他的尊严
Then just to make the two ends meet he used a big padlock
为了收支平衡，他用了把大锁
No one could do it like my father
无人能及我父亲
Ever clever stunning cunning father
永远机智，绝妙狡猾的父亲
Neighbor Jones and his neighbor Lee
邻居琼斯和他的邻居李
Are hunting for my father's key
都在寻找我父亲的钥匙
And no one could do it like my dad
无人能做到像我父亲那般。
I haven't told you how my father and my mother wed
我还没告诉你我父母是怎么结婚的
She was an old maid he a burglar underneath her bed
她是个老姑娘他是个小偷躲在她的床底下
She flashed a gun at father and said I must be your wife
她亮出枪对父亲说我必须成为你的妻子
My father wears a medal now for saving someone's life
我的父亲因为救了一个人的命而获得奖章
No one could do it like my dad
无人能像我父亲一样出色
No one could do it like my dad
无人能效父之能
And when it came to taking things just kindly let me say
说到索取请让我说