He sat down, picked up the phone and said Boy, I'm your old man. 他坐了下来，拿起了电话，说孩子，我是你的老男人。

He touched the glass between the two, as if to shake his hand 他摸了摸玻璃两者之间，仿佛和他握手

The boy he didn't budge, not even so much as a blink 这个男孩，他还是不动，甚至没有这么多眨眼

The man said oh come on, better late than never, don't ya think. 该男子说，拜托，迟到总比不到好，不遐想。

   

He said I read it in the paper, can't believe you're 21, 他说，我在报纸上读到它，不能相信你21 ，

I can't believe some son of mine could do the things I hear you've done. 我简直不敢相信我的儿子一定可以做的事情，我听说你已经做到了。

He went on like some big hero, who flew in to save the day 他继续像一些大英雄，谁飞到保存一天

And the boy said if your here, to steer me right, man, its too late 和男孩说，如果你在这里，引导我的权利，男人，为时已晚

   

You had to be there, and I'm talkin from from day one. 你必须在那里，而且我从一开始说话。

Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son 那是唯一一次一个人应该通过玻璃跟他儿子的新

And you'd have to go back, and teach me how when i was nine 而且你必须回去，教教我怎么当我九岁

Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time. 因为我妈妈不能丢，即使她有时间一球。

I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke. 我一直在学习，而不是学习如何吸烟如何钓鱼。

I bet if you'd of whoopped my tail, i'd never thought it was a joke 我敢打赌，如果你的whoopped我的尾巴，我从来没有认为这是一个笑话

He said sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayers 他有时会说，会为做错了是太强大了，没有妈妈的祷告

You had to be there. 你必须在那里。

   

The man said, boy I'm sorry that you hate me like you do 该男子说，孩子对不起，你恨我像你一样

The boy said dry it up man, we ain't making this about you. 男孩说干起来的人，我们是不是该让你。

Its about a teenage girl against the world who was left there high and dry 其关于对世界一个十几岁的女孩谁被留下有高，干燥

About a kid who might have stood a whole lot better shot at life, but 关于孩子谁可能已经站在生活好多了一枪，但

You Had To Be There 你必须有

And I'm talking from day one, 而我从一开始就讲，

   

Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son 那是唯一一次一个人应该通过玻璃跟他儿子的新

You'd have to go back and teach me how when I was nine 你必须回去教教我怎么当我九岁

Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time. 因为我妈妈不能丢，即使她有时间一球。

I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke 我一直在学习，而不是学习如何吸烟如何钓鱼，

I bet if you'd of whooped my tail I'd never thought it was a joke 我敢打赌，如果你的直喊我的尾巴我从来没有认为这是一个笑话

Sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayer 有时会为做错了是太强大了，没有妈妈的祷告

You had to be there. 你必须在那里。

   

Before the boy hung up the phone, he said they say me I'm out of time 在男孩挂了电话，他说他们说我，我出来的时候

And it hit the man, right there and then 它击中了人，就在那里，然后

My god son, so am I 我的上帝的儿子，所以我是