He raced that engine down the track 他跑到那个引擎走下赛场

'Round the tree on Christmas day “圆在圣诞节树

I was so amazed my dad would play with trains 我是如此惊讶我的爸爸将与火车玩

I saw a sparkle in his eye, then I heard him say, 我看到一个闪耀在他的眼睛，然后我听到他说，

Come on son let's play, I was young once, too 来吧，儿子让我们玩，我还年轻一次，得

He washed that Buick faithfully, Lord, he kept her clean 他洗了别克忠实，主啊，他把她的干净

I thought that machine meant more to him than me 我以为机器意味着更多的对他比我

On the day I turned sixteen he threw me the keys 在我十六岁那一天，他把我钥匙

Said I was young once, too, now she belongs to you 说我年轻过一次，现在她是属于你的

He was such a young man then, I'm older than that now 他是这样一个年轻人的话，我年纪比现在

I hope I measure up to him, when the circle comes around 希望我辜负了他，当圆恶有恶报

I saw him in the attic sittin' cross legged on the floor 我看到他在阁楼上正坐在地板上盘腿

With some old photographs, he pointed and laughed 随着一些老照片，他指出，笑

He said, that's me in that picture, 他说，这是我的照片，

I said, no son, that's your dad 我说，没有儿子，那是你爸

I was young once, too, and looked a lot like you 我年轻的时候曾经也是，看着很像你

I was young once, too, I was young once, too 我年轻的时候曾经，我也年轻过一次

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Merry Christmas son, I wish your grandpa were here 圣诞快乐的儿子，我希望你爷爷在这里

He was young once, too, 他年轻的时候曾经也是如此，

And looked like me and you... 看着和我一样，你...