歌词
Yeah
耶
I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
我知道现在的你们 对很多事情都无法理解
But hey, what daddy always tell you?
但是 爸爸经常跟你说什么来着
Straighten up little soldier
挺直腰板来 我的小士兵
Stiffen up that upper lip
不要再撅着嘴唇了
What you crying about?
有什么好哭的
You got me
有我在
Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad
女儿我知道你想妈妈 我知道你也想爸爸
Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had
爸爸离开了你们 是为了让你们过上我从未有过的生活
I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
我知道你很难过 即使你在笑着
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
你的眼神却告诉我 你是想大哭一场
Cuz you're scared, I ain't there?
你们害怕 是因为爸爸不在吗
Daddy's with you in your prayers
要知道爸爸的心永远和你们在一起
No more crying, wipe them tears
所以再也不需要哭了 来把眼泪擦干
Daddy's here, no more nightmares
爸爸就在你们身边 再也不会有噩梦了
We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it
我们会撑过这一切的 我们能做到的
Laney uncles crazy, aint he?
兰尼你看姨父真是疯疯癫癫的是不是
Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
是吧 但他是爱着你们的 你们可记好了
We're all we got in this world
我们是彼此在这世间的唯一
When it spins, when it swirls
这个飞速旋转的世界 让人晕眩
When it whirls, when it twirls
光怪陆离 让我们身不由己
Two little beautiful girls
我美丽的两个小姑娘
Lookin' puzzled, in a daze
看上去困惑不已
I know it's confusing you
我知道这些事情对你们来说还太复杂
Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news
爸爸一直东奔西跑 妈妈又总是上新闻
I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
我一点也不想让你们听到这些事情 但很多时候
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
我的努力往往是欲盖弥彰
All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
你们成长中经历的那些事情 都是爸爸以前不得不经历的
Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did
爸爸并不想让你们像我一样长大 可你们还是有了和我一样的成长
We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
现在的生活可不是妈妈和我计划过的
But things have gotten so bad between us
但是这一切已经无法挽回
I don't see us ever being together ever again
我想我和妈妈在也不会在一起生活了
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
像我们年轻时那样
But then of course everything always happens for a reason
但是当然了 每件事情都有它发生的理由
I guess it was never meant to be
即使我们从未试图让他发生
But it's just something we have no control
但这就是不可抗力
over and that's what destiny is
我们终归无法抵抗宿命
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
还是别想那么多了 放轻松去睡觉吧
Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream
也许有一天我们如梦初醒就会发现 这一切都不过是梦一场
Now hush little baby, don't you cry
那么 嘘 亲爱的宝贝 不要哭了
Everything's gonna be alright
一切都会过去的
Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya
别在嘟着嘴了 我的小小姐 爸爸告诉你了
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
爸爸会一直抱着你入睡
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
我知道妈妈离开了 我们不知道让去了哪里
We feel how we feel inside
我们都在担心着
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
担心着一些恐怖的事情 我的漂亮宝贝
But i promise momma's gon' be alright
但我想你担保 妈妈会没事的
It's funny
有件很好笑的事
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
我记得有一年 在爸爸身无分文的时候
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
妈妈给你们包好了圣诞礼物
And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me
放在圣诞树下 还说其中一些是我送的
Cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em
因为爸爸没有钱
I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
那是让我永生难忘的圣诞节 我哭着僵坐了一整夜
Cuz daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
爸爸觉得自己像个废物 你知道爸爸是有工作的
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
但他真正的职业则是保证你和妈妈不至忍饥挨饿
And at the time every house that we lived in
那段时间 我们住过的每一个房子
Either kept getting broke into and robbed
不是被偷就是被抢
Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar
要么就被子弹大在墙上 你们的妈妈呢 还在一个罐子里存钱
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
想自己存够能让你们上大学的钱
Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it
都快有一千美元了 结果却被小偷窃走
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart
我知道那有多难过 妈妈的心都碎了
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
似乎从那时候起 我们的生活就变得支离破碎
Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back
妈妈和爸爸整天都在吵架
On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
妈妈独自搬去了那个单人公寓
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
爸爸则搬回了诺瓦拉八英里街的另外一头
And that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre
也是在那个时候 爸爸去了加州遇见我的老师安德烈
And flew you and momma out to see me
你和妈妈坐飞机来看我
But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
爸爸却忙着工作 你们只好又飞了回去
Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn't like it
接着你就开始在电视上看到爸爸 妈妈很不开心
And you and Laney were to young to understand it
你和兰尼还什么都不懂
Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit
爸爸颠沛流离 妈妈又染上恶习
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
这一切都发生的太快 快到让我们反应不及
I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
我只是对于你们不得不做这些事情的第一目击者赶到万分抱歉
Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
我从来都只是想要你为我骄傲
Now I'm sittin in this empty house, just reminiscing
现在我却坐在这空荡荡的房子里 独自回忆
Lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
看着你们小时候的照片 好像就能忘记现在的一切
To see how much you both have grown,
你们两都长这么大了
it's almost like you're sisters now
看上去像亲姐妹一样了
Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
我想你们差不多就是亲姐妹并且爸爸和你们同在
Laney I'm talkin' to you too, daddy's still here
兰尼这话也是对你说 爸爸与你们同在
I like the sound of that, yeah
爸爸这听上去不错吧 是吧
It's got a ring to it don't it?
我也是你的爸爸 就这样决定了
Shh, momma's only gone for the moment
嘘 妈妈只是离开一小会而已
Now hush little baby, don't you cry
那么 嘘 亲爱的宝贝 不要哭了
Everything's gonna be alright
一切都会过去的
Stiffen that upperlip up little lady, i told ya
别在嘟着嘴了 我的小小姐 爸爸告诉你了
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
爸爸会一直抱着你入睡
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
我知道妈妈离开了 我们不知道他去了哪里
We feel how we feel inside
我们都在担心着
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
担心着一些恐怖的事情 我的漂亮宝贝
But i promise momma's gon' be alright
但我向你担保 妈妈会没事的
And if you ask me too
然后如果你想要的话
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
爸爸会给你买只知更鸟
I'mma give you the world
爸爸要给你整个世界
I'mma buy a diamond ring for you
爸爸要给你买钻戒
I'mma sing for you
还要为你唱歌
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
我愿意付出任何代价 只要能看到你真心的微笑
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
如果那知更鸟唱不了歌 钻戒也不闪耀
I'mma break that birdies neck
我就把那小鸟的脖子拧掉
I'd go back to the jewler who sold it to ya
还要把那假钻石摔成碎片 回去找那个卖假戒的珠宝商人
And make him eat every carat don't fuck with dad （haha）
逼他吞掉每一粒碎片 让他涨涨记性 别惹你爸爸
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