You Had To Be There - Kenny Rogers

You Had To Be There - Kenny Rogers (肯尼·罗杰斯)

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