Love child accident born to children themselves, 爱子意外出生的孩子自己，

She nearly died on the table giving birth to her first back in ’63, 她差点死在桌子上的63她先回生完孩子，

That was my sister Irene. 这是我的妹妹艾琳。

Moved into the trailer park in Ithaca, New York, 搬进拖车公园在纽约州伊萨卡，

Took another job while he was going to school, 又过了工作，而他要去上学，

Another mouth to feed, 另外一张吃饭的嘴，

Well, that was me. 嗯，这是我的。

   

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Oh round and round and round we go, 哦，团团打转，我们走了，

The seasons melt away like snow, 季节融化似雪，

Oh round and round and round we go, 哦，团团打转，我们走了，

The years they pass away and life goes on. 这些年来，他们去世而生活还要继续。

   

Couldn’t stop trying too damned hard, 无法停止尝试过苦啊，

Being everything to everybody but he couldn’t hold up his heart, 作为一切给大家，但他无法撑起他的心脏，

And it broke him down. 它打破了他。

So he left that town. 于是，他离开了那个小镇。

Moved again to the cold blue North, little town on the sea, 再次移动到寒兰北，在海面上的小城镇，

Innocent dreams of hope that they’d grow to be, 希望无辜的梦想，他们会成长为，

A little better than what he had. 比他好一点。

   

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Father, eagle-scout, mentor, boy. 父，鹰童军，辅导，孩子。

Silence the table with that bear in your voice. 沉默的表与熊在你的声音。

My frozen fear, my swallowed tears, 我怕冻，我咽下眼泪，

Always coming down the hardest on the ones that you love best. 一直下来最难的在你最喜爱的人。

All my life I’ve looked to your eyes. 我所有的生活，我看着你的眼睛。

   

I’m looking back on the younger me trying so hard, 我回头看我如此努力的年轻人，

A fragile bird in the golden girl seeking love, 一个脆弱的鸟在金色的女孩追求爱情，

Her father’s child, walking in his stride. 她的父亲的孩子，走在他的步幅。

And I’m looking now at the older man you’ve turned out to be, 我期待现在的老男人你竟然是，

The hardness has softened to empathy, 硬度软化换位思考，

We’ve made amends, we’re better friends. 我们已经作出修订，我们是更好的朋友。

   

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