Your father was a rounder 你的父亲是个全才

He played that rock and roll 他演奏的摇滚

A leaper and a bounder à跳跃者和莽汉

Down to his gypsy soul 到他的吉普赛灵魂

The music was his angel 音乐是他的天使

And sorrow was his star 和悲伤是他的明星

And those of us who follow 我们这些跟随谁

Might hope to reach as far 可能希望达到尽可能

   

They're walking slow in Houston 他们走得很慢休斯顿

Speechless in D.C. 无语中的特区

There's no way I could tell you 有没有办法，我可以告诉你

What he meant to me 他是什么意思我

   

Your mother's a survivor 你妈妈是个幸存者

She'll do what must be done 她会做什么，必须做

Her children will revive her 她的孩子将她复活

And help her see the sun 并帮她看不到太阳

She almost knew that unison 她几乎知道异口同声

But the singing stopped too soon 但唱歌过早停止

Now she shares the silence 现在，她分享了沉默

With a man up in the moon 有一个人在月亮

   

To speak of missing persons 说话失踪人员

Tonight there's only one 今晚只有一个

And we all carry with us what the man's begun 我们都随身携带我们什么男人的开始

   

And you can sing this song 你也可以唱这首歌

On July the Fourth 七月四

In the sunny south and the frozen north 在阳光明媚的南方和北方冰冻

It's a day of loss, it's your day of birth 这是失落的一天，这是出生的一天

Does it take a death to learn what a life is worth? 是否需要死亡来学习什么是生命的价值？

   

Your brothers are all older 你的兄弟都是老年人

And they'll take it in their stride 他们会采取它在他们的步伐

The world's a little colder 世界有点冷

But manhood's on their side 但成年的就在自己身边

Now you're the little girl-child 现在你的小女童

And you look so much like him 你看这么多喜欢他

And he's right there inside you 他是对的里面有你

Each time you want to sing 要唱每次

   

Sing of missing persons 唱失踪人员

Tonight there's only one 今晚只有一个

But he's where you can find him when it's said and done 但他在那里你可以找到他时，它的说和做

   

And we will sing this song 我们会唱这首歌

On July the Fourth 七月四

From the sunny south and the frozen north 从阳光明媚的南方和北方冰冻

This will always be your day of birth 这将永远是诞生新的一天

May you always see what your life is worth 愿你总能看到什么样的生活是值得