Sittin' on a bench at West Town Mall 一条长凳上，在西城区购物中心坐在

He sat down in his overalls and asked me 他在他的工作服坐下来问我

You waitin' on a woman 你一个女人等待着

I nodded yeah and said how 'bout you 我点了点头，是的，说怎么你的思念

He said son since nineteen fifty-two I've been 他说，儿子因为一九五二年我去过

Waitin' on a woman 一个女人等待着

   

When I picked her up for our first date 当我把她抱起来为我们的第一次约会

I told her I'd be there at eight 我告诉她，我会在那里八点

And she came down the stairs at eight-thirty 她从楼上下来，在八点半

She said I'm sorry that I took so long 她说，对不起，我花了这么长时间

Didn't like a thing that I tried on 不喜欢的事情，我试图在

But let me tell you son she sure looked pretty 但让我告诉你的儿子，她肯定看起来相当

Yeah she'll take her time but I don't mind 是啊，她会带她的时间，但我不介意

Waitin' on a woman 一个女人等待着

   

He said the wedding took a year to plan 他说，婚礼用了一年时间来规划

You talk about an anxious man, I was nervous 请您谈一下焦急的人，我很紧张

Waitin' on a woman 一个女人等待着

And then he nudged my arm like old men do 然后他轻轻地捅了我的胳膊像老男人

And said, I'll say this about the honeymoon, it was worth it 并说，我会说​​这对度蜜月，这是值得的

Waitin' on a woman 一个女人等待着

   

And I don't guess we've been anywhere 我不觉得我们已经在任何地方

She hasn't made us late I swear 她没有让我们晚了，我发誓

Sometimes she does it just 'cause she can do it 有时她不只是因为她能做到这一点

Boy it's just a fact of life 男孩，这是生命的事实，

It'll be the same with your young wife 这将是相同的与你年轻的妻子

Might as well go on and get used to it 还不如去和习惯了就好了

She'll take her time 'cause you don't mind 她会带她的时间，因为你不介意

Waitin' on a woman 一个女人等待着

   

I've read somewhere statistics show 我读的地方的统计数据显示

The man's always the first to go 男人的总是第一个去

And that makes sense 'cause I know she won't be ready 而这是有道理的，因为我知道她会不会准备好

So when it finally comes my time 所以，当它终于来到我的时间

And I get to the other side 而我得到的另一边

I'll find myself a bench, if they've got any 我会找到自己的长凳上，如果他们有任何

I hope she takes her time, 'cause I don't mind 我希望她把她的时间，因为我不介意

Waitin' on a woman 一个女人等待着

   

Honey, take your time, cause I don't mind 亲爱的，把你的时间，因为我不介意

Waitin' on a woman 一个女人等待着