《American Child》歌词

[00:00:05] Phil Vassar

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[00:00:17] I was ten I was thin

[00:00:19] 十岁那会儿 我很瘦

[00:00:19] I was playing first base

[00:00:21] 我在场上打的是一垒的位置

[00:00:21] With a secondhand glove and dirt on my face

[00:00:26] 用的是双二手手套 脸也脏兮兮的

[00:00:26] In nowhere Virginia

[00:00:28] 没错儿 就在弗吉尼亚州

[00:00:28] Who'd ever figure that kid in the yard

[00:00:32] 谁会想到院子里的那个小鬼

[00:00:32] Would go very far

[00:00:34] 会如此有出息

[00:00:34] It was 419 Lakewood had no silverspoons

[00:00:38] 4月19日的Lakewood赛场上,没有银匙打击

[00:00:38] Just an old beat up upright

[00:00:40] 只是一记普通的垂直打击

[00:00:40] That played out of tune

[00:00:43] 还打偏了

[00:00:43] Now I'm singin' and living the life that I love

[00:00:46] 如今我唱着小曲儿 过着我热爱的生活

[00:00:46] And when I count my blessings I thank God I was

[00:00:51] 感谢上帝护佑 赐予我这一切难得的珍贵生活

[00:00:51] An American child

[00:00:55] 一个美国孩子

[00:00:55] An American child

[00:00:59] 一个美国孩子

[00:00:59] 'Cause dreams can grow wild

[00:01:02] 因为梦想会

[00:01:02] Born inside an American child

[00:01:12] 在这个美国孩子身上变得更狂野

[00:01:12] Seven pounds three ounces she's got my nose

[00:01:16] 那个出生时才七磅三盎司的小家伙 现在已经和我的鼻子一般高了

[00:01:16] And she's into my heart as deep as it goes

[00:01:21] 时光荏苒 她也渐渐深入我心

[00:01:21] With a promise

[00:01:22] 有了诺言

[00:01:22] That's more than just someone's last name

[00:01:25] 这比一个所谓的姓氏更加珍贵

[00:01:25] Anyone's equal in late August came

[00:01:29] 人人平等 八月稍稍来迟

[00:01:29] An American child

[00:01:33] 一个美国孩子

[00:01:33] An American child

[00:01:38] 一个美国孩子

[00:01:38] 'Cause dreams can grow wild

[00:01:40] 因为梦想会

[00:01:40] Born inside an American child

[00:01:59] 在这个美国孩子身上变得更狂野

[00:01:59] My grandfather would have been eighty today

[00:02:05] 我祖父今天就八十岁了

[00:02:05] But in '45 he fell down beside an American child

[00:02:13] 四十五岁那年他在一个美国男孩儿旁边摔倒

[00:02:13] An American child

[00:02:16] 一个美国孩子

[00:02:16] Oh an American child

[00:02:22] 一个美国孩子

[00:02:22] 'Cause dreams can grow wild

[00:02:24] 因为梦想会

[00:02:24] Born inside an American child

[00:02:29] 在这个美国孩子身上变得更狂野

[00:02:29] An American child

[00:02:34] 一个美国孩子