A child arrived just the other day
有個孩子在某一天到來
He came to the world in the usual way
以尋常的方式來到這個世界
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
但我得忙著趕飛機和付帳單
He learned to walk while I was away
他在我離家時學會走路
And he was talking 'fore I knew it
在我知道以前就學會了說話
And as he grew, he said :
當他漸漸長大，他說：
I'm gonna be like you, dad
"爸，我將來要像你一樣
You know I'm gonna be like you
我將來要像你一樣 "
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
小貓和銀色湯匙待在搖籃裡
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
小男孩憂傷時，男人卻在月球上
When you coming home? dad
"爸，你什麼時候回來？"
I don't know when
"我不知道，
But we'll have a good time then, son
但我們將會共度一段美好時光，兒子
You know we'll have a good time then
我們會共度一段美好時光"
My son turned ten just the other day, he said :
有一天我兒子滿十歲了，他說：
Thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play
"謝謝你送我棒球，爸，我們來玩！
Can you teach me to throw ?
你能教我投球嗎？"
I said not today,I got a lot to do
我說："今天不行，我有事要忙。"
He said that's okay
他說："沒關係！"
And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
然後走開，依然笑嘻嘻的
It said I'm gonna be like him, yeah
好像說：我將來要像他一樣
You know I'm gonna be like him
我將來要像他一樣
Well he came from college just the other day
有一天他從大學回來
So much like a man I just had to say
我只能說他看起來就像個男人一樣
Son I'm proud of you, can we sit for a while?
"孩子，我為你感到驕傲，坐下來談談好嗎？"
He shook his head, and said with a smile
他搖搖頭，笑著說：
What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys
"爸，我想跟你借汽車鑰匙，
See you later, can I have them please?
待會兒再說，可以借我嗎？"
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
小貓和銀色湯匙待在搖籃裡
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
小男孩憂傷時，男人卻在月球上
When you coming home? dad
"爸，你什麼時候回來？"
I don't know when
"我不知道，
But we'll have a good time then, son
但我們將會共度一段美好時光，兒子
You know we'll have a good time then
我們會共度一段美好時光"
I've long since retired, my son's moved away
我已退休多年，兒子也搬出去了
I called him up just the other day
有一天我打電話給他
I said, I'd like to see you, if you don't mind
我說：如果不打擾的話，我想看看你
He said : I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time
他說：我也想啊！爹，但實在抽不出空來
You see my new job's a hassle and the kids got the flu
我的新工作一團糟，孩子又得了流行性感冒
But it's been sure nice talking to you, yeah
但很高興能和你講電話
Sure nice talking to you
很高興能和你聊聊
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
掛上電話，我心裡有個念頭：
He'd grown up just like me, yeah
他長大後果然像我
My boy was just like me
我兒子就和我一樣 |
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