'Bout ten years old, hide and seek “布特十岁，捉迷藏

I found me in the closet 我发现我的衣柜

Ready or not I stumbled on 准备好了没有我偶然在

And opened up that box of 并开辟了那个盒子

Yearbooks, letters, black and whites 年鉴，信件，黑色和白色

A hundred, maybe more 一百年，也许更多

Next thing I know my brothers and me 接下来的事情我知道，我的兄弟和我

Got 'em scattered on the floor (Yeah) 有时间散落在地板上（是啊）

 

There was one of her, flippin' the bird 有一个她，弗利鸟

Sittin' on a Harley 在哈雷坐在“

And a few with some hairy hippie dude 而一些与一些毛茸茸的嬉皮花花公子

Turns out his name was Charlie 原来，他的名字是查理

Her hair, her clothes, her drinkin' smokin' 她的头发，她的衣服，她喝酒戒掉

Had us boys confused 把我们弄得男生

I'll never forget the day us nosey kids got introduced 我永远不会忘记我们的爱管闲事的孩子得到了介绍，当日

   

To Mama, 'fore she was Mama 为了妈妈， 前她妈妈

In a string bikini, in Tijuana 在一个字符串比基尼，在蒂华纳

Won't admit she smoked marijuana 不会承认她吸食大麻

But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama 但我看到妈妈了，在她妈妈

 

We put that box right where it was 我们把它认为是正确的盒子

And never said a word 而从来没有说过一个字

But growin' up got hard just tryin' 但是慢慢生长起来了，好不容易才试着

Not to picture her 不能想象她

In anything but aprons, dresses 在什么，但围裙，连衣裙

Mini-vans and church 微型面包车和教会

Oh and Daddy would have whooped our butts 哦，爸爸会直喊我们的屁股

For diggin' up that dirt 对于陷在了泥土

 

On Mama, 'fore she was Mama 在妈妈了，在她妈妈

In a string bikini, in Tijuana 在一个字符串比基尼，在蒂华纳

She won't admit she smoked marijuana 她不会承认她吸食大麻

But I saw Mama, 'fore she was Mama 但我看到妈妈了，在她妈妈

 

We laugh and hang it over her head 我们笑了，并把它挂在她的头上

Right above her halo 右上她晕

Her face turns red when we bring up 她的脸会变红，当我们提出

That tie-dyed Winnebago 这扎染的Winnebago

She runs and hides and still denies 她跑和皮革，仍然否认

That hip high rose tattoo 那臀高位上涨纹身

She burned that box of forget-me-nots 她烧的勿忘我，穷人的盒子

When she found out we knew 当她发现了，我们就知道

 

About Mama, 'fore she was Mama 关于妈妈了，在她妈妈

In a string bikini, in Tijuana 在一个字符串比基尼，在蒂华纳

Won't admit she smoked marijuana 不会承认她吸食大麻

But that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama 但是，这是妈妈了，在她妈妈

 

And there's that one down in the Bahamas 并有一个倒在巴哈马

But that was Mama, 'fore she was Mama 但是，这是妈妈了，在她妈妈