歌手: kenny rogers 发布时间：
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I just sat down to watch the game
我只是坐下来看比赛
When I heard the doorbell ring
当我听到门铃声
I wondered
我很困惑
Who in the world it could be
这世界会是谁
Through the people all that I saw there
透过我所见的人群
Was a
曾经
Crooked cap on curly hair
卷发上戴着歪帽子
Some kid
某个孩子
Squintin' back at me
凝视着我
I said if you're sellin' somethin'
我说如果你在兜售什么东西
Well I ain't buyin' nothin'
我什么都不买
But I
但我
Appreciate you stoppin' by
感谢你来找我
Said I ain't askin' for a dime
我说我不会要一分钱
Just a minute of your time
占用你一分钟的时间
An' your name
你的名字
Here on the dotted line
在虚线上
Could you sign my petition
你能否在我的请愿书上签字
Had a spiral notebook in his hand
手里拿着一个螺旋形的笔记本
Handed me a chewed up pen
递给我一支破旧不堪的钢笔
An' I ask you
我问你
What am I signin' up for
我报名干什么
I scrolled down that wrinkled page
我把那皱巴巴的一页翻下来
Saw a couple of neighbors names
看到几个邻居的名字
I kept readin'
我继续阅读
Then I sat down on the porch
我坐在门廊上
It was a letter to the president
这是一封给总统的信
With a list
列个清单
That numbered one to ten
从一到十
It said make a law where daddy's don't work late
上面说制定一条法律爸爸们不加班
Keep uncle joe an' those soldiers safe
保护Joe叔叔和那些士兵的安全
Give those kids on tv
让那些孩子上电视
All they want to eat
他们只想饱餐一顿
Put a stop to bullies on the bus
制止公车上的恶霸
No crime no waits no hate no drugs
没有犯罪没有等待没有仇恨没有**
Give a jacket and a job
给我一件外套一份工作
To people on the street
对街上的人说
I said son sounds like a world I'd like to live in
我说孩子听起来像是我向往的世界
And I signed his petition
我在他的请愿书上签了名
He thanked me for my time
他感谢我付出宝贵的时间
I headed back inside grabbed my beer
我回到屋里拿起我的啤酒
An' got back to the game
回到这个行业
Thought by now that boy he's three doors down
我以为那小子已经在隔壁三家了
Here I am just sittin' round
我就坐在这里
Waitin' on the world to change
等待世界改变
Must've blocked the whole game out
肯定把整个行业都屏蔽了
All that I could think about was
我满脑子想的都是
Make a law where daddy's don't work late
制定一条法律爸爸不加班
Keep uncle joe an' those soldiers safe
保护Joe叔叔和那些士兵的安全
Give those kids on tv
让那些孩子上电视
All they want to eat
他们只想饱餐一顿
Put a stop to bullies on the bus
制止公车上的恶霸
No crime no waits no hate no drugs
没有犯罪没有等待没有仇恨没有**
Give a blanket and a job
给我一条毯子和一份工作
To people on the street
对街上的人说
An' I thought
我以为
Man ain't that a place I'd like to live in
朋友那不是我想要生活的地方吗
And I thank God
感谢上帝
For that boy that's out there fixin'
为了那个即将死去的男孩
The world with his petition
他向全世界请愿