Early early in the game 在游戏初期及早

I taught myself to sing and play 我自学唱歌，玩

And use a little trickery 并用一个小诡计

On kids who never favored me 在孩子们从来没有谁看好我

Those were years of crinoline slips 那是几年衬布卡瓦

And cotton skirts and swinging hips 与棉裙和摆动臀部

And dangerously painted lips 而危险的涂在嘴唇上

And stars of stage and screen 舞台和屏幕分

Pedal pushers, ankle socks 七分裤，短袜

Padded bras and campus jocks 加垫的胸罩和校园乔克斯

Who hid their vernal equinox 谁躲在自己的春分

In pairs of faded jeans 在对褪色的牛仔裤

And slept at home resentfully 在家里睡悻悻

Coveting their dreams 觊觎自己的梦想

   

And often have I wondered 而且经常有我想知道

How the years and I survived 怎么多年，我活了下来

I had a mother who sang to me 我有一个妈妈谁唱我

An honest lullaby 一个诚实的摇篮曲

   

Yellow, brown, and black and white 黄色，褐色和黑色和白色

Our Father bless us all tonight 我们的父亲保佑我们大家今晚

I bowed my head at the football games 我低下头在足球比赛

And closed the prayer in Jesus' name 并关闭了祷告奉耶稣的名

Lusting after football heroes 足球英雄后，垂涎

Tough Pachuco, little Neroes 坚韧Pachuco ，小Neroes

Forfeiting my A's for zeroes 没收我的A的对零

Futures unforeseen 期货预见

Spending all my energy 花所有的精力

In keeping my virginity 为了保持我的贞操

And living in a fantasy 生活在一个幻想

In love with Jimmy Dean 爱詹姆士狄恩

If you will be my king, Jimmy, Jimmy, 如果你将是我的国王，吉米，吉米，

I will be your queen 我将是你的皇后

   

And often have I wondered 而且经常有我想知道

How the years and I survived 怎么多年，我活了下来

I had a mother who sang to me 我有一个妈妈谁唱我

An honest lullaby 一个诚实的摇篮曲

   

I travelled all around the world 我跑遍了所有世界各地

And knew more than the other girls 并且知道超过了其他女孩

Of foreign languages and schools 外国语言学校

Paris, Rome and Istanbul 巴黎，罗马和伊斯坦布尔

But those things never worked for me 但是这些东西从来没有为我工作

The town was much too small you see 镇是过于小，你看

And people have a way of being 与人有一种存在方式

Even smaller yet 甚至更小，

But all the same though life is hard 但都是一样的，虽然生活艰难

And no one promised me a garden 没有人答应我的花园

Of roses, so I did okay 玫瑰，所以我也没关系

I took what I could get 我把我所能得到

And did the things that I might do 并且做的事情，我可以做

For those less fortunate 对于那些不那么幸运的

   

And often have I wondered 而且经常有我想知道

How the years and I survived 怎么多年，我活了下来

I had a mother who sang to me 我有一个妈妈谁唱我

An honest lullaby 一个诚实的摇篮曲

   

Now look at you, you must be growing 现在看看你，你一定要成长

A quarter of an inch a day 一季度，每天一英寸

You've already lived near half the years 你已经住在附近半的岁月

You'll be when you go away 当你走你会

With your teddy bears and alligators 用你的玩具熊和鳄鱼

Enterprise communicators 企业沟通

All the tiny aviators head into the sky 所有的小飞行员头部而起

And while the others play with you 虽然其他人跟你玩

I hope to find a way with you 我希望能找到你的方式

And sometimes spend a day with you 有时花了一天的你

I'll catch you as you fly 当你飞我会抓住你

Or if I'm worth a mother's salt 或者，如果我值得一个母亲的盐

I'll wave as you go by 我挥手，当您去了

   

And if you should ever wonder 如果你曾经想知道

How the years and you'll survive 岁月如何，你会活下去

Honey, you've got a mother who sings to you 亲爱的，你已经有了一个母亲是谁唱的你

Dances on the strings for you 跳舞对你的琴弦

Opens her heart and brings to you 打开她的心脏，并给你带来

An honest lullaby 一个诚实的摇篮曲