He says, "I'm just a man, I work with my hands 他说， “我只是一个人，我用我的手工作

But lately no work has been around 但最近没有工作一直围绕

I wish that I could put more on the table 我希望我可以把更多的放在桌子上

Provide the life I'm sure my family dreams about" 提供生活，我敢肯定，我的家庭梦想着“

   

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"But there's cracks in all the walls and all the windows “但是，有一个在所有的墙壁裂缝，所有的窗户

And the flies, they find their way in through the screen 和苍蝇，他们找到自己的方式通过屏幕

I just pray that hope will go on living 我只是祈祷，希望会继续活下去

In this house of a thousand dreams" 在一千个梦想“这个房子

   

She says, "my husband's a good man 她说：“我的丈夫是个好人

Gives all that he can 给出了所有他能

I know he thinks he's let me down 我知道，他认为他是让我失望

I just want him and the children to be happy 我只是想让他和孩子快乐

It's not always easy, but it's all I dream about" 这并不总是容易的，但它是我所梦想“

   

"So I'll find some yard-sale curtains for the windows “所以我会找一些院子里出售窗帘的窗户

And I'll sew some yellow trim along the seams 我会缝沿接缝一些黄色镶边

And I'll keep praying hope will go on living 我会继续祈祷，希望会继续活下去

In this house of a thousand dreams" 在一千个梦想“这个房子

   

The boy says, "my daddy's a strong man 小男孩说：“我爸爸是个坚强的人

My momma, she loves him 我的妈妈，她爱他

And they love my brother and sister and me 他们爱我的哥哥和姐姐和我

Sometimes at night we lay out in the backyard 有时晚上我们铺陈在后院

And take turns wishing on the first star we see" 走在希望我们看到的第一个明星轮番“

   

"And the crickets always sing outside the windows “而蟋蟀总是唱窗外

And I love to feel the wind blow through the screen 我喜欢去感受，通过屏幕上的风吹

And I sure hope that we can live forever 我当然希望我们能永远活着

In this house of a thousand dreams" 在一千个梦想“这个房子

   

"Yeah I sure hope that we can live forever “是的，我当然希望我们能永远活着

In this house of a thousand dreams" 在一千个梦想“这个房子