There was a time I was happy in my life 曾经有一段时间，我很高兴在我的生命

There was a time I believed I'd live forever 有一段时间，我相信我会永远活着

There was a time I prayed to Jesus Christ 曾经有一段时间我祈祷耶稣基督

There was a time I had a mother 曾经有一段时间我有一个妈妈

It was nice 很高兴

   

Nobody else would ever take the place of you 没有人会永远照顾你的地方

Nobody else could do the things that you could do 没有其他人能做到的事情，你可以做

No one else I guess could hurt me like you did 像你这样没有人我想可能会伤害我

I didn't understand, I was just a kid 我不明白，我只是个孩子

   

[Bridge:] [桥： ]

   

Oh mother, why aren't you here with me 哦，妈妈，为什么没有你在我身边

No one else saw the things that you could see 没有人看到的东西，你可以看到

I'm trying hard to dry my tears 我努力地擦干我的眼泪

Yes father, you know I'm not so free 是父亲，你知道我不是那么自由

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

   

I've got to give it up 我必须放弃

Find someone to love me 找个人来爱我

I've got to let it go 我得让他走

Find someone that I can care for 找人，我可以照顾

I've got to give it up 我必须放弃

Find someone to love me 找个人来爱我

I've got to let it go 我得让他走

Find someone that I can care for 找人，我可以照顾

   

There was a time I was happy in my life 曾经有一段时间，我很高兴在我的生命

There was a time I believed I'd live forever 有一段时间，我相信我会永远活着

There was a time I prayed to Jesus Christ 曾经有一段时间我祈祷耶稣基督

There was a time I had a mother 曾经有一段时间我有一个妈妈

It was nice 很高兴

   

[bridge] [桥]

[chorus] [合唱]

   

My mother died when I was five 我母亲去世时，我是五

And all I did was sit and cry 而我所做的就是坐下来哭

I cried and cried and cried all day 我哭了，哭了，哭了一整天

Until the neighbors went away 直到邻居走了

   

They couldn't take my loneliness 他们不能把我的寂寞

I couldn't take their phoniness 我不能把自己的虚假的

My father had to go to work 我父亲去上班

I used to think he was a jerk 我曾经认为他是一个混蛋

   

I didn't know his heart was broken 我不知道他的心脏被打破

And not another word was spoken 而不是另一个词是口语

He became a shadow of 他成为了一个影子

The father I was dreaming of 我是在做梦的父亲

   

I made a vow that I would never need 我做了一个誓言，我将永远不需要

Another person ever 另一个人不断

Turned my heart into a cage 把我的心脏进笼子里

A victim of a kind of rage 一种愤怒的受害者

   

I gotta give it up 我得放弃

[repeat twice] [重复两次]

   

[chorus] [合唱]

   

Find someone that I can care for 找人，我可以照顾

Find someone that I can care for 找人，我可以照顾

   

I've got to give it up 我必须放弃

[repeat five times] [重复五次]

   

I've got to let it go 我得让他走

I've got to give it up 我必须放弃

Oh mother, oh father 哦，妈妈，爸爸哦

I've got to give it up 我必须放弃

   

I gotta give it up 我得放弃

[repeat six times] [重复6次]