The Baby

My brother said that I was rotten to the core
我哥總是說我的做人做事不成體統
I was the youngest child, so I got by with more
我是家裡最小的孩子，所以我總是備受偏愛
I guess she was tired by the time I came along
我猜當我出生時，母親一定已經厭倦了
Shed laugh until she cried, I could do no wrong
母親哭笑不得，說這不是我的錯
She would always save me because I was her baby
她總是在我犯錯時讓我懸崖勒馬，因為我是她的孩子
I worked a factory in Ohio
我經歷過俄亥俄州的工廠里工作的勞苦
A shrimp boat in the bayou
感受過在河口的蝦船上捕魚的艱辛
I drove a truck in Birmingham
也在伯明翰開過卡車
Turned 21 in Cincinnati
經歷的過生活起伏的我在辛辛那提迎來了21歲生日
I called home to mom and daddy
給家中父母致電問候
I said, 'Your boy is now a man'
我說，“你們的男孩現在長大了”
She said, 'I dont care if youre 80, youll always be my baby'
母親說，“不管你年長年少，你都是我的孩子”
She loved that photograph of our whole family
母親最愛的是那張我們的全家福
Shed always point us out for all her friends to see
她總是把照片中她的孩子指給她所有的朋友看
Thats Greg, hes doing great, he really loves his job
左邊的是格雷戈，他熱愛他的工作，事業出色
And Ronnie with his two kids, how bout that wife hes got
右邊的是羅尼和他的兩個孩子，還有他的妻子，生活美滿
And that ones kinda crazy, but that one is my baby
而中間的這個有點瘋狂，但他卻是我最愛的孩子
I got a call in Alabama, said, 'Come on home to Louisiana
我在亞拉巴馬接到電話，說到，“快迴路易斯安那的老家
And come as fast as you can fly
越快越好
Cause your momma really needs you '
因為你媽媽現在真的需要你在她身旁”
And says 'shes got to see you
還說“她一定要見到你
She might not make it through the night'
可能你母親撐不過今晚”
The whole way I drove 80 so she could see her baby
一路上我駕車狂奔，只為讓母親能見她的孩子最後一面
Shelooked like she was sleepin and my family had been weepin
母親熟睡般躺在床上，一家人都在低聲抽噎
By the time that I got to her side
當我走近母親身邊
And I knew that shed been taken
才知道母親已離我遠去
And my heart it was breakin, I never got to say goodbye
內心一陣絞痛，我還未與你說一聲再見
I softly kissed that lady and cried just like a baby
涕淚交垂的我親吻母親的額頭，泣不成聲，無助的像個孩子