I never knew my mother 我从来不知道我的母亲

I can't say it was so bad 我不能说这是如此糟糕

She was still a girl of seventeen the night she met my dad 她还是一个17岁的姑娘，她遇到了我爸的夜晚

He was just six months out of chino 他短短半年了奇诺

Trying his hardest to stay clean 想他最难保持清洁

And they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing 而且他们会唱，他们会唱，他们会唱

Like doves sleeping with broken wings 如鸽睡折翼

In a bed fit for a king 在一张床适合国王

It didn't mean a thing 这并不意味着一件事

It was shot gun forest wedding 据枪射击森林婚礼

And they forgot to bring the gun 他们忘了带枪

As they were busy counting promises 由于他们忙于计数承诺

To the children not yet born 给孩子还没出生

No one could afford the ride 没有人能买得起的车程

Everyone hitched up with the 101 每个人都套上了101

And they'd sing and they'd sing and they'd sing 而且他们会唱，他们会唱，他们会唱

Like doves dancing with broken wings 像鸽子断翅舞

With a view fit for a king 以期适合国王

It didn't mean a thing 这并不意味着一件事

It was a loneliness 这是一个寂寞

They would confess 他们会承认

Like the world had gone bad I guess 像世界已经坏了我猜

So they hold hands and look into the eyes of god 因此，他们手牵着手，并期待进入神的眼睛

They'd say tell me why'd ya hide from us 他们会说，告诉我你为什么雅从我们隐藏

Why'd ya fill the world with wickedness 你为什么雅世界充满罪恶

Why'd ya spare us from the grace but not the rot 你为什么雅给我们的恩典，但不腐

Now my dad says fuck the details 现在，我爸说，他妈的详情

Just keep your head down hard 只要保持你的头硬

Ya got to find yourself alone before you'll find the eyes of God 雅得发现自己独自之前，你会发现上帝的眼睛

You make broke and scared and out of jail 你让破产和害怕，出狱

Out the flesh of your own heartstrings 出了自己的心弦肉

But you were born to be a peasant not a king 但你是天生的农民不是国王

So just stop acting like your running from something 所以只停留像个从你的东西跑

Ya gonna leave the way you came without a thing 雅离开你就没有一点的方式

With your heart tattooed and your mind tied to a string 随着你的心脏纹身和你的头脑捆绑为一个字符串

You just sing and you sing and you sing 你刚才唱，你唱，你唱

It doesn't mean a thing 这并不意味着一件事