Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride? 爸爸什么火车？有什么事情我可以骑马吗？

Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside? 它携带大量的成年乡亲和内部小孩子吗？

Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain 它是超越了我们的房子？好了，我该怎么解释

when my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?" G 当我的小男孩和一个女孩问我：“爸爸什么火车？ ” ğ

   

When I was just a boy and living by the track, 当我还是个孩子，生活的轨迹，

us kids would gather up the coal in big old gunnysacks. 我们的孩子会聚集了煤炭在大型旧麻袋。

Then we heard the warning sound as the train pulled into view, 然后，我们听到警告声，当火车驶进了看法，

the engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through. 工程师会笑着挥手，她又通过滚动。

She blew so loud and clear, we had to cover up our ears 她自爆那么响亮和明确的，我们不得不掩饰我们的耳朵

and we counted cars just as high as we could go. 我们统计的汽车一样高，我们可以去。

I can almost hear the steam those big old drivers scream, 我几乎可以听到蒸汽那些大的老司机尖叫，

sounds my little kids will never know. 听起来我的小孩永远都不会知道。

   

Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride? 爸爸什么火车？有什么事情我可以骑马吗？

Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside? 它携带大量的成年乡亲和内部小孩子吗？

Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain 它是超越了我们的房子？好了，我该怎么解释

when my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?" 当我的小男孩和一个女孩问我：“爸爸什么火车？ ”

   

I guess the times have changed, kids are different now. 我想，时代已经变了，现在的孩子都是不同的。

'Cause some don't even seem to know that milk comes from a cow. “造成一些甚至不似乎知道牛奶来自奶牛。

My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars, 我的小男孩可以告诉所有的棒球明星的名字，

I remember how I memorized the names on railroad cars. 我记得我是如何记忆的火车车厢的名字。

The Wabash and the TP, Lackawanna, the IC, 沃巴什和目标价，拉克万纳，集成电路，

the Nickel-Plate and the good old Santa Fe, 镍钢板和良好的老圣达菲，

just names out of the past, I guess they're fading fast. 刚出来的名字，过去的，我想他们迅速消失。

   

Every time I hear my little boy say, 每当听到我的小儿子说，

Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride? 爸爸什么火车？有什么事情我可以骑马吗？

Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside? 它携带大量的成年乡亲和内部小孩子吗？

Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain 它是超越了我们的房子？好了，我该怎么解释

when my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?" 当我的小男孩和一个女孩问我：“爸爸什么火车？ ”

   

We climbed into the car, drove down into town, 我们钻进车里，开成镇，

right up to the depot house, but no one was around. 说得最多的车厂房子，但没有人在周围。

We searched the yard together for something I could show, 我们搜查了院子里在一起的东西，我可以告诉，

but I know there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so. 但我知道有没有被火车了十多年。

All the things I did when I was just a kid, 所有的事情我做了，当我还是一个孩子的时候，

how far away those memories appear. 那些回忆有多远出现。

I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me 我想这是显而易见的，他们仍然意味着很多，我

because my ambition was to be an engineer. 因为我的志向是成为一名工程师。

   

Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride? 爸爸什么火车？有什么事情我可以骑马吗？

Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside? 它携带大量的成年乡亲和内部小孩子吗？

Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain 它是超越了我们的房子？好了，我该怎么解释

when my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?" 当我的小男孩和一个女孩问我：“爸爸什么火车？ ”