My father died 我的父亲去世了

A year ago today 一年前的今天

The rooster started crowing 雄鸡报晓开始

When they carried dad away 当他们携带的爸爸走

There beside my mother 我母亲身边有

In the livingroom i stood 在客厅我站

With my brother and my sister knowin' 我的哥哥和姐姐深深地知道

Dad was gone for good 爸爸走了好

Then I, I hung around just long enough 然后，我，我挂在足够长的时间

To lay him in the ground 奠定了他在地下

Then i caught a plane to do a show 然后，我搭乘飞机做节目

Up north in Detroit Town 在底特律市北上

Because I'm older now 因为我年纪大了

And i ain't got not time to cry 我是不是有没有时间哭

   

I got no time to look back 我没有时间回头看

I got no time to see 我没有时间去看看

The pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me 我的心脏作品已被撕开离我而去

And if the feelings start to come in I've learned to stop them fast 如果感情开始出现在我已经学会去阻止他们快

'Cause i don't know if i let em go they might not wanna pass 因为我不知道如果我让我们让他们走，他们可能不想通

And there's just so many people 还有的只是这么多的人

Tryin' to get me on the phone 试着让我的手机上

And there's bills to pay and songs to play 并有账单要付和歌曲播放

and a house to make a home 和房子做一个家

I guess i'm older now 我想我现在已经老了

And i ain't got no time to cry 我是没时间哭

   

I can still rmemeber 我还能rmemeber

Before I heard of Merle 之前我听到梅尔的

So many things have changed 因此，许多事情已经改变

So much here in my world 这么多在这里在我的世界

I remember sitting on the front porch 我记得坐在前廊

When an ambulance drove by 当救护车驶过

Listening to those sirens i would break down and cry 听着那些红颜我会崩溃而哭泣

now i'm walkin' and i'm talkin' 现在我走着 ，我说

doing just what i'm supposed to do 这样做正是我应该做的

working overtime to make sure i don't come unglued 加班加点，以确保我不脱胶

Because i'm older now...and i ain't got no time to cry 因为我年纪大了......我是没时间哭

   

i sit down on the sofa and i watch the evening news 我坐在沙发上，我看晚间新闻

there's a half-a-dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose 从中有一个半一打悲剧挑选

the baby that was missing was found in a ditch today 这是被发现在今天的一条沟失踪宝贝

and there's bombs flying and people dying not so far away 这里面的炸弹飞行和死去的人没有那么远

i'll take a beer from the fridgerator and sit in the yard 我会拿啤酒从fridgerator ，坐在院子

with a cold one in my hand i'm gonna bit down and swallow hard 与一冷一在我的手，在我会有点下降，忍气吞声

Because i'm older now and i ain't got no time to cry 因为我年纪大了，我是没时间哭

   

It's true 这是真的

   

i'm older now 我年纪大了

just ain't got no time to cry 只是没有得到任何时候哭

no time to cry 没有时间哭

no time to cry 没有时间哭