Dad said, "Get a job, son 爸爸说：“你找一份工作，儿子

You can't just lay around, all summer long 你不能只是躺在身边，整个夏天

Your school days are gone 你的学校日子已经一去不复返了

What's gonna make you wanna make it on your own 什么会让你想使你自己

Oh, what's wrong?" 呵呵，有什么不对？ “

   

So he took a square of paper 于是，他把一张正方形

That he cut out of the Avery Evening News 他砍了艾利晚报出

'Wanted, manual labor “通缉，体力劳动

At the grocery store on 16th Avenue' 在16日大道“的杂货店

   

Stock the shelves 股票的书架

Sweep the place 扫过的地方

He thought of lookin' somewhere else 他想看着他在其他地方的

Until he saw her face 直到他看到她的脸

   

He finally found a reason 他终于找到了原因

To wake up early, every morning 每天早上醒得很早，

Get his feet on the ground and get downtown 得到他的脚在地面上，让市区

To be there right on time 在那里准时

   

'Cause he knows that she'll be waiting 因为他知道，她会等待

She'll be working down the aisle 她将致力于在过道

And he'd do anything 他愿意做任何事情

To see that small-town angel smile 要看到，小城镇的微笑天使

Turns out, all he ever really needed was a reason 原来，所有他曾经真的需要一个理由

   

He never thought much about the future 他从来没有想过很多关于未来

But when a stock boy falls in love with a check-out girl 但是，当一只股票的男孩爱上了退房的女孩

He's not allowed to offer 他不能提供

So he wants to make his way up in the world 于是，他想使他的方式在世界

   

He works all day 他工作了一整天

And studies late into the night 而到深夜的研究

Yeah, it's tough to make the grade 是的，这是件很难的事情档次

Oh, but that's alright 呵呵，不过这是正常的

   

'Cause he's finally found a reason 因为他终于找到了一个理由

To wake up early, every morning 每天早上醒得很早，

Get his feet on the ground and get downtown 得到他的脚在地面上，让市区

To be there right on time 在那里准时

   

'Cause he knows that she'll be waiting 因为他知道，她会等待

She'll be working down the aisle 她将致力于在过道

And he'd do anything 他愿意做任何事情

To see that small-town angel smile 要看到，小城镇的微笑天使

Turns out, all he ever really needed was a reason 原来，所有他曾经真的需要一个理由

   

He's never been much 他从来没有多少

At getting dressed up for the church 在穿衣服了教会

And that's just what he does 这就是他所做的正是

All because of her 这一切都是因为她

   

You see he's finally found a reason 你看，他终于找到了原因

To wake up early, Saturday morning 早，周六早上醒来

Put his feet on the ground and go downtown 将脚放在地上，去市区

Gonna get there right on time 要去那里准时

   

'Cause he knows that she'll be waiting 因为他知道，她会等待

Her daddy will walk her down the aisle 她的爸爸会陪她沿着过道

And he'll promise God 他会答应上帝

He'll always make that small-town angel smile 他将始终是小城镇的微笑天使

Turns out, all he ever really needed 原来，他都曾经真正需要的

   

Turns out, all he ever really needed was a reason 原来，所有他曾经真的需要一个理由