This one here is for my old man 这一个在这里是我的老男人

Who taught me to be patient, 谁教我要有耐心，

And want more than I have 而想要超过我

So many lessons he has shown 这么多的教训，他已经显示

In life you eat the chicken 在生活中，你吃鸡肉

And you throw away the bones 而你扔掉的骨头

   

We're more alike than he can see 我们更相似比他能看到

Though at times he broke my heart, 虽然有时候，他打破了我的心脏，

We've shared a lot of things 我们已经分享了很多东西

That help me feel much less alone 这帮助我感到更孤独

Especially when I fall apart 尤其是当我崩溃

I know I'm still 我知道我仍然

My father's son 我父亲的儿子

My father's son 我父亲的儿子

   

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And I know that sometimes 我知道，有时候

I'm hard to love 我很用心的去爱

And as I grow into a man 当我成长为一个男人

I'm sure that I am not enough 我敢肯定，我没有足够的

But even when I let you down 但是，即使我让你失望

I hope that I can help you see 我希望我可以帮你看

That parts of you are parts of me 那你的部分是我的一部分

   

Do you remember singing songs? 你还记得唱的歌曲？

On a car ride off to nowhere 上车坐了无处

It was just the three of us 这只是我们三个人

You called us both your favorite son 你叫我们两个你最喜欢的儿子

And even after all these years 甚至在这些年

Those days still live inside my heart 那些日子里依然生活在我的心脏

Inside my heart 在我的心脏

   

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And I remember staring up at you 我记得盯着你

When I was nine years old 当我九岁

And you looked ten feet tall 而且你看一丈多高

And I was hoping maybe I'd grow up 而我希望，也许我长大了

To be the kind of man 是什么样的人

That you'd be proud to know 那你会很自豪地知道

   

I hope by now you understand 我希望现在你明白

Although I'm never perfect 虽然我从来没有完美

I give everything I can 我把我所能

And as the light begins to fade 而作为光开始褪色

I'd like to tell you one more time 我想告诉你一次

Just how much you mean to me 你到底有多少对我意味着什么

You mean to me 你的意思是我

   

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(...That parts of you are the best parts of me) （ ......那你的部分是我的最好的部分）