High school halftime Friday night 高中半场周五晚

Standing on the fifty yard line 站在五十码线

Big old blue and gold tuba in my hand 大旧的蓝色和金色大号的我的手

   

I could see Katie Ann in the popcorn line 我能看到凯蒂安在爆米花线

Couldn't see how to make her mine 看不出如何让她的地雷

I was always in the band 我总是在乐队

   

At eighteen I found a cheap guitar 十八岁我发现了一个便宜的吉他

Became Seeger and Willie in a smokey bar 成为西格和威利在烟熏的酒吧

And bared my soul beneath a rusty old mic stand 并露出我的灵魂生锈的旧麦克风支架下方

   

I get her name and number on a second break 我得到了她的名字和电话号码在第二个破发

Watch someone dance my chance away 看别人跳舞我机会溜走

I was always in the band 我总是在乐队

   

Sometimes this dream demands more than I can give it 有时候，这个梦想需要更多的比我可以给它

But even still I don't regret a single minute 但是，即使我仍然不后悔一分钟

Oh, to hear you laugh, to feel your pain 哦，听你笑，感觉你的痛苦

To see a thousand waving flames 要看到一千个挥舞着火焰

It's just a part of me, that's who I am 这是我的一个环节，那就是我是谁

I was always in the band 我总是在乐队

   

Met her backstage before a show Las Vegas rodeo 表演拉斯维加斯圈地之前见过她的后台

Three months later I asked her for her hand 三个月后，我问她，她的手

   

We tied the knot on the Sixth of June 我们喜结连理六月第六

Woulda had a honeymoon 的woulda有一个蜜月

But I was always in the band 但是，我总是在带

   

Left Dallas on the way to Omaha 左达拉斯的方式来奥马哈

Round Tapeeka when I got the call 圆形Tapeeka当我接到电话

Baby's coming, honey, get here when you can 宝宝的到来，亲爱的，到这里来的时候，你可以

   

Yeah, I guess I shoulda turned that bus around 是的，我想我早该翻巴士周围

I'da let 30,000 people down I was always in the band Ida让30000人下来，我总是在乐队

   

Sometimes this dream demands more than I can give it 有时候，这个梦想需要更多的比我可以给它

But even still I don't regret a single minute 但是，即使我仍然不后悔一分钟

Oh, to hear you laugh, to feel your pain 哦，听你笑，感觉你的痛苦

To see a thousand waving flames 要看到一千个挥舞着火焰

It's just a part of me 这是我的一个环节

Thank God she understands 感谢上帝，她明白

I was always in the band 我总是在乐队

   

I was always in the band 我总是在乐队