Babysitter - Harry Chapin

Babysitter - Harry Chapin
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When I rearrange the pieces of the puzzle of my past
当我重新拼凑过去的记忆碎片
I sigh at the heartaches relive the laughs
我叹息着那些心碎 重温那些欢笑
And I think about the moments that have left their mark
我回想着那些留下印记的瞬间
And the too few faces that shine a little light in the dark
还有那些在黑暗中闪耀的寥寥面孔
If you don't mind I'm gonna tell you a story
如果你不介意 我想给你讲个故事
And I think that it won't bore you
我想它不会让你感到无聊
For it's a tale that I've never told
因为这是我从未讲述过的故事
To anyone before you cause it's for you
对在你之前的任何人，因为这是为你而写
The sun of sixteen summers had put halos in your hair
十六个夏日的阳光在你发间洒下光环
If anything was in my head twelve winters put it there
如果有任何思绪在我脑海中，那是十二个冬天留下的痕迹
A dollar an hour is what mama
妈妈每小时付你一美元
Paid you to come and mind her kids
让你来照看她的孩子们
But no one could really pay you enough
但没有人能真正支付你足够的报酬
For what you really did
为你真正所做的一切
Many happy things keep happening
许多快乐的事情不断发生
On my journey through this world
在这个世界的旅途中
And in many ways that I will never understand
有许多我永远无法理解的事情
I was much too late
我来得太晚
To be the first to make you a woman
未能成为第一个让你成为女人的人
But you were the one
但你是那个
Who made my mother's son a man
让我母亲的儿子成长为男人的人
You know I used to read myself
你知道我曾常常独自阅读
To sleep when I went to bed
当我上床睡觉时
I guess I was a dreamer then who lived inside my head
我想那时的我是个活在梦里的幻想者
But the nights that you came you talked of things
但当你到来的夜晚，你谈论着那些事
I found I had a friend
我发现我有了一个朋友
You brought my fears of people to a sure and gentle end
你让我对人际的恐惧温柔地消散
Many happy things keep happening
许多快乐的事情不断发生
On my journey through this world
在这个世界的旅途中
And in many ways that I will never understand
有许多我永远无法理解的事情
I was much too late
我来得太晚
To be the first to make you a woman
未能成为第一个让你成为女人的人
But you were the one
但你是那个
Who made my mother's son a man
让我母亲的儿子成长为男人的人
Do you remember the night
你还记得那个夜晚吗
When you turned out the light
当你关掉灯
And said to me please hold me
对我说，请抱紧我
I did not know which way to go
我不知该何去何从
So I did just what you told me please hold me
所以我只是按你说的做 请抱紧我
When I think about you now
当我此刻想起你
It's not that my memory fails
并非我的记忆模糊
There's just no need for graphic telling of all the details
只是无需细述所有细节
Let's just say you taught me something
只能说 你教会了我一些东西
That brought me from my shell
让我走出了自己的壳
You gave to me that first sweet taste
你给了我那最初的甜蜜滋味
Of the heaven here in this hell
在这地狱中的天堂
Many happy things keep happening
许多快乐的事情不断发生
On my journey through this world
在这个世界的旅途中
And in many ways that I will never understand
有许多我永远无法理解的事情
I was much too late
我来得太晚
To be the first to make you a woman
未能成为第一个让你成为女人的人
But you were the one
但你是那个
Who made my mother's son a man
让我母亲的儿子成长为男人的人