《A Father’s Love (The Only Way He Knew How)》歌词

[00:00:00] A Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How) - Bucky Covington

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[00:00:11] For the longest time I guess I thought

[00:00:13] 一直以来我都这么想

[00:00:13] He didn't give a damn

[00:00:16] 他从来不在乎

[00:00:16] Hard to read hard to please

[00:00:18] 难以理解 难以取悦

[00:00:18] Yeah that was my old man

[00:00:21] 那就是我的老爹

[00:00:21] On the day I left for college

[00:00:24] 我离家上大学那天

[00:00:24] It was nothing new

[00:00:27] 也没什么不同

[00:00:27] We never had that heart-to-heart

[00:00:29] 我们从未谈过心

[00:00:29] He had too much to do

[00:00:33] 他总是有太多事要做

[00:00:33] He checked the air in my tires

[00:00:36] 他检查了我的汽车轮胎

[00:00:36] The belts and all the spark plug wires

[00:00:39] 安全带和火花塞线

[00:00:39] Said "When the hell's the last time

[00:00:41] 说 你上次换汽油

[00:00:41] You had this oil changed "

[00:00:44] 究竟是什么时候了

[00:00:44] And as I pulled out the drive

[00:00:46] 当我把车倒出来

[00:00:46] He said "Be sure and call your mom sometime"

[00:00:49] 他说 别忘了偶尔给妈妈打个电话

[00:00:49] And I didn't hear it then but I hear it now

[00:00:54] 当时我没听出而现在却明白了

[00:00:54] He was saying "I love you"

[00:00:59] 他是在说 我爱你

[00:00:59] The only way he knew how

[00:01:11] 那是他唯一的表达方式

[00:01:11] 120 000 miles

[00:01:13] 120, 000英里

[00:01:13] Six years down the road

[00:01:16] 六年之后

[00:01:16] A brand new life and a brand new wife

[00:01:19] 我有了崭新的生活和新的妻子

[00:01:19] We'd just bought our first home

[00:01:21] 我们刚刚买下了第一个家

[00:01:21] When he finally came to visit

[00:01:24] 当他终于来探望

[00:01:24] I thought he'd be so proud

[00:01:26] 我本以为他会为我骄傲

[00:01:26] He never said he liked the place

[00:01:29] 他却绝口不提喜欢这个地方

[00:01:29] He just got his tool belt out

[00:01:33] 他只是默默拿出工具包

[00:01:33] And put new locks on the doors

[00:01:35] 给大门换上新锁

[00:01:35] Went back and forth to the hardware store

[00:01:38] 往返于五金店

[00:01:38] Said "Come and hold this flashlight"

[00:01:41] 说 过来拿着手电筒

[00:01:41] As he crawled beneath the sink

[00:01:43] 当他在下水道匍匐前进

[00:01:43] And these old wires ain't up to code

[00:01:46] 老旧的电线不符合规定

[00:01:46] And that circuit box is gonna overload

[00:01:49] 电箱早已超负荷

[00:01:49] And I didn't hear it then but I hear it now

[00:01:54] 当时我没听出而现在却明白了

[00:01:54] He was saying "I love you"

[00:01:58] 他是在说 我爱你

[00:01:58] The only way he knew how

[00:02:02] 那是他唯一的表达方式

[00:02:02] Last Sunday we all gathered

[00:02:05] 上周日 我们聚在一起

[00:02:05] For his 65th birthday

[00:02:08] 庆祝他65岁生日

[00:02:08] And I knew he'd stiffen up

[00:02:10] 我知道他会不自在

[00:02:10] But I hugged him anyway

[00:02:13] 但还是拥抱了他

[00:02:13] When it was finally time to say goodbye

[00:02:16] 当最后告别时

[00:02:16] I knew what was next

[00:02:19] 我知道接下来会发生什么

[00:02:19] Just like he always does

[00:02:21] 就像他一直以来做的

[00:02:21] Right before we left

[00:02:25] 就在我们离开之前

[00:02:25] He checked the air in my tires

[00:02:28] 他检查了我的汽车轮胎

[00:02:28] The belts and all the spark plug wires

[00:02:31] 安全带和火花塞线

[00:02:31] Said "When the hell's the last time

[00:02:33] 说 你上次换汽油

[00:02:33] You had this oil changed "

[00:02:35] 究竟是什么时候了

[00:02:35] And as I pulled out the drive

[00:02:38] 当我把车倒出来

[00:02:38] He said "Be sure and call your mom sometime"

[00:02:41] 他说 别忘了偶尔给妈妈打个电话

[00:02:41] And I didn't hear it then but I hear it now

[00:02:46] 当时我没听出而现在却明白了

[00:02:46] He was saying "I love you"

[00:02:51] 他是在说 我爱你

[00:02:51] He was saying "I love you"

[00:02:56] 他是在说 我爱你

[00:02:56] The only way he knew how

[00:03:01] 那是他唯一的表达方式