When you have a child 当你有一个孩子

You learn it's a serious business 你学习这是一个严肃的商业

To have a little fun 有一点点的乐趣

You give grace and get forgiveness 你给的恩典，并得到宽恕

Not seven times seven 不是七乘七

But seven times seventy one 不过，七次71

   

And when you have a child 当你有一个孩子

Those four walls you call a house 那些家徒四壁，你叫房子

Take on a life of it's own 以它自己的生活

When you bring 'em home 当你把时间回家

You will cry and you will laugh 你会哭，你会笑

When they hurt it cuts you in half 当他们伤害了它减少你一半

It's your flesh and bone 这是你的肉和骨头

   

And year after year 并逐年

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They never really grow up 他们从来没有真正长大

Still your baby at any age 还是你的宝宝在任何年龄

The first time you hold 'em 当您第一次拿着他们

It's like you see God's smile 这就像你看到上帝的微笑

What a smile 什么是微笑

When you have a child 当你有一个孩子

   

And then boy meets girl 然后男孩遇到女孩

And perfume and gasoline 而香水和汽油

Reign on your perfect world 玄宗在你的完美世界

Curfews are often broken 宵禁常常破

Thank yous aren't spoken 这里表达谢意都没有说过话

He's got the keys to that old Dodge 他拿到了钥匙的老道奇

And she's wearing a corsage 她穿着一件胸衣

And her mama's pearls 和她妈妈的珍珠

   

And year after year 并逐年

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They never really grow up 他们从来没有真正长大

Still your baby at any age 还是你的宝宝在任何年龄

And the first time you hold 'em 和你第一次拿着他们

It's like you feel God's smile 这就像你感受到神的微笑

What a smile 什么是微笑

When you have a child 当你有一个孩子

   

You pray that phone call never comes 你祈祷那个电话永远不会来临

And if God forbid 如果上帝保佑

How would you live 你会怎么活

How could you go on 你怎么能去

And on and on and on 和和和

   

And year after year 并逐年

Close the chapter and turn the page 关闭章和翻开新的一页

Blue ribbons and losing seasons 蓝丝带和丢失的季节

Flipping tassles on the stage 在舞台上翻转流苏

Oh but you don't need a photograph 哦，但你并不需要的照片

You've got at least a million 你必须至少有一百万

Pictures of that smile 图片的微笑

When you close your eyes 当你闭上你的眼睛

When you love a child 当你爱一个孩子

Ohh when you love a child 哦，当你爱一个孩子