Before I could walk, I had a wrench in my hand 还没等我走，我在我的手中有一把扳手

I was my Mama's little angel and my Daddy's second chance 我是我妈妈的小天使，爸爸的第二次机会

He went end over end the first year he went pro 他走到结束了最后，他去亲元年

Lost part of his eyesight and he couldn't race no more 失去了视力的一部分，他不能参加比赛不多

   

But he never lost his touch when he got underneath the hood 但他从来没有失去他的触摸时，他得到了引擎盖下方

He knew how to make them run and he knew one day he would 他知道如何让他们跑，他知道有一天他会

See his name in victory lane and engraved on that cup 看到胜利巷他的名字，刻在那杯

Just like all them other crazy fools with racing in their blood 就像用赛车全部其他疯狂的傻瓜在他们的血液

   

He would put me on his lap when he'd drive and I'd take the wheel 他把我放在他的腿上时，他会开车，我会带轮子

He'd say "What do you think about that son? How does she feel? 他会说：“你怎么想的儿子吗？她怎么感觉？

You just wait till them little legs get long enough to reach the gas 你只是等待，直到他们的小腿得到足够长的时间，以达到气体

Once you put her on the floor one time there ain't no turning back" 一旦你把她放在地板上一次不过是没有回头路可走“

   

Every Saturday, he'd take me out to the garage 每个星期六，他会带我出去到车库

He'd take an empty bucket and fill it full of engine parts 他会带一个空水桶并填写完整的发动机零部件

He's sit me down and pour em out in front of me on the floor 他坐在我下来，倒抓出来在我面前的地板上

I'd have to tell him what each one was and what each one was for 我不得不告诉他每个人是什么每个人是为

   

We'd jump into the car and go down to the race that night 我们想跳进车里，再往比赛当晚

He'd tell me what each driver was doing wrong and what each one did right 他会告诉我什么每个司机做错了什么每个人做正确的

He could always pick the winner before they ever took a curve 他总能挑选赢家之前，他们曾经采取了曲线

#3 might have the car but 43 has got the nerve ＃ 3可能有车，但43已经拿到了神经

   

Before I turned 18 Daddy said "Now pretty soon 在我18岁的爸爸说： “现在很快

You'll be old enough to drive but I'll leave it up to you 你会老得足以驱动器，但我会离开你呢

I taught you all about it, taught you everything I know 我教你怎么回事，教你我知道的一切

You gotta have a car to do it and you gotta work and buy your own" 你得有一辆车来做到这一点，你得工作，并购买自己的“

   

The first one I bought was a Mustang #2 第一个，我买了一辆野马车＃ 2

Nobody kept'em any longer than they kept a pair of shoes 没有人keptem任何时间比他们养了一双鞋

They started showing up at every used car lot in town 他们开始出现在每一个二手车很多在城里

A V-8 on a go-cart, easy terms, no money down V- 8上的推车，方便计算，没有钱了

   

Me and Daddy and my uncle took her home and tore her down 我和爸爸和我的叔叔带她回家，她撕毁了下来

Checked her out real good, cleaned her up and bored her out 检查她出去真正的好，洗净她，她无聊了

Took out all the seats, pulled the carpet off the floor 拿出了所有的座位，拉着地毯掉了一地

Knocked out all the glass and welded up the doors 淘汰了所有的玻璃和焊接起来的门

   

The first time that I raced my qualifying was a shame 第一次，我跑到我的排位赛是一个耻辱

I started out way in the back and came back about the same 我开始这样在后面，回来差不多

I pulled her in the pit, couldn't look my Daddy in the eye 我拉着她的坑，不能看我爸爸的眼睛

He said "If you quit now son, it's gonna haunt you all your life" 他说：“如果你现在放弃儿子，这会困扰着你，你的生活”

   

It ain't about the money or even being #1 这不是钱的问题，甚至是＃ 1

You gotta know when it's all over you did the best you could've done 你必须知道，当一切都结束了，你做的最好的，你可以做了

Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out 知道这是你和你永远不让它出来

Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have 是不是吹的任何发动机或任何残骸，你永远都差

   

Since then I've wrecked a bunch of cars and I've broke a bunch of bones 从那时起，我已经毁了一堆车和我分手了一堆白骨

It's anybody's race out there and I've learned to race my own 这是任何人的种族在那里，我学会了比赛我自己

I'd shove em in the wall and I'd hit em from behind 我推EM在墙上，我会打EM从背后

I'd let them know that I was there, I'd let them know that track was mine 我让他们知道我在那里，我会让他们知道，赛道是我的

   

It's been several years now since my Daddy passed away 它已经好几年了，因为我爸爸过世

But his picture's on my dash every time I go to race 但他的照片我每次去比赛在我的仪表板

I lost more than I won but I ain't gonna give up 我失去了比我赢了，但我不会放弃

Till they put me in the ground or Daddy's name's on that cup 直到他们把我放在地上或爸爸的名字在那杯