I was watchin’ cartoons on a Saturday morning 我在看着漫画上周六上午

And I heard daddy start the truck 我听到爸爸开始卡车

I came runnin’ from the house and waved him down 我从屋里飞奔“ ，并挥动他失望

Cause he was makin’ a run to the dump 因为他是金运行到转储

   

We watched the Bears and licked ice cream cones 我们看着熊舔雪糕筒

Take a little walk around 取少许走走

I’ll never forget what my daddy said 我永远不会忘记我的爸爸说

The day we pulled that bike from the ground 这一天我们拉到那辆从地面

   

He said one man’s trash is another man’s gold 他说，一个人的垃圾是另一个人的金子

If it’s thrown away it’s free to take 如果它扔掉它是免费拿

A little oil she’ll be good to go 少许油，她会好到哪里去

So I rode that bicycle home 所以，我骑着自行车回家

Thumbs up, daddy honkin’ on the horn 竖起大拇指，对喇叭爸爸honkin “

   

I got my first job workin’ on a dairy farm 我得到了我的第一份工作，干活的一个奶牛场

Drivin’ tractor and bailin’ hay 驾乘拖拉机和柏林“干草

I’d have to circle around a bog in the ground 我不得不一圈一圈沼泽在地

Where sat an old Mustang ‘58 在那里坐了一个老野马58

   

One evenin’ I asked that farmer 一个evenin “我问农夫

Why that car was just wastin’ away 为什么这车只是浪费自己走

He said you can have it for free it don’t mean nothin’ to me 他说，你可以拥有免费的它并不意味着什么也没给我

And I couldn’t help but think 我忍不住想

   

One man’s trash is another man’s gold 一个人的垃圾是另一个人的金子

What someone will throw away is a crying shame 怎么会有人扔掉是一种奇耻大辱

So I towed that Mustang home 所以，我拖了野马的家

Till she could be restored 直到她可以恢复

I got that engine to roar 我得到了发动机的咆哮

And boy did that engine roar 和孩子做了发动机的轰鸣声

   

It was an awkward blind date we met at a park 这是我们遇到的一个公园一个尴尬的相亲

She had her little girl taggin’ along 她有她的小女孩taggin 沿

A beautiful smile hadn’t been out in a while 一个美丽的微笑没有出过在一段时间

She was a hard working single mom 她是一个辛勤工作的单亲妈妈

   

In time I learned he’d left her 随着时间的推移我知道他已经离开了她

He said “I’m just way too young 他说：“我只是太年轻

To be having a kid, I’m not ready for this 将有一个孩子，我没有为此做好准备

If you keep it I’m good as gone” 如果你把它，我好走了“

   

He never looked back as she watched him go 他再也没有回头，她看着他走

She stood there crying in the rain till one January day 她站在那里哭在雨中，直到1月的一天

She had a beautiful baby girl 她有一个漂亮的小女孩

Tonight I tuck her in and read her stories 今晚我抱膝她并给她读故事

And hold her mama while the sunset glows 按住她的妈妈，而日落发光

   

My two arms full of this man’s gold 我的两个胳膊全这个人的黄金

What some men will throw away is a crying shame 什么有些人会扔掉是一种奇耻大辱

Those girls make our house a home 这些女孩让我们的房子一个家

Yeah my cup overflows 是啊我的杯子溢出

With this man’s gold 有了这个男人的黄金

   

This man’s gold 这名男子的金