I was at that smartass time of my life 我是在我的生命中是smartass时间

Where I'd pick a fight, just to pick a fight 在那里我会选择一拼，只是挑一拼

If he said, black, I said white 如果他说，黑，我说白

If he took one side, I took the other side 如果他拿了一面，我把对方

The dinner table we sat around 我们围坐在饭桌

Was more like a battleground 更像是一个战场

And I lost more times than I won 我失去了更多的时间比我赢了

   

I woulda learned later on í学到的woulda稍后

that he was always preaching about his past 他总是宣扬他的过去

I just kept screaming Come on, Dad 我只是不停地尖叫来吧，爸爸

That was twenty years ago 那是二十年前

You don't know me at all 你不认识我

Trying to talk to you is like talking to the wall 想和你说话的喜欢说话的墙

Yeah, you gave me my life, but it's my life to live 是啊，你给了我生命，但它是我的生命活

Maybe I don't wanna live it like you did 也许我不希望生活像你那样

Twenty years ago 二十年前

   

He was built with blue collar sweat and blood 他建了蓝领的汗水和鲜血

Squared jaw and a crew cut 方下巴，平头

A purple heart, a Viet Vet 紫色心脏中，越南兽医

He'd tell you every chance he'd get 他会告诉你每一个机会，他会得到

Always running down my rock and roll 总是顺着我的摇滚

My friends, my hair, my clothes 我的朋友，我的头发，我的衣服

But one night it got out of control 但有一天晚上就失控

And right there we came to blows 而就在那里，我们打了起来

And that was just enough to get me gone 而这仅仅是足以让我走了

I couldn't wait to prove him wrong 我迫不及待要证明他是错的

   

Twenty years ago struck out on my own 二十年前打了我自己

Couldn't tell me nothing that I didn't already know 能不能告诉我什么，我还不知道

Later I was on my way to what the hell did I care 后来我在我的方式来到底是什么我才不在乎

My old man and his grey hair thought about the road I chose 我的老人和他的头发花白想到我选择的道路

Twenty years ago 二十年前

   

Well, I left as fast as the leaves fell that Autumn 好吧，我离开一样快，树叶落在了秋天

I never looked back and I never once called him 我从来不回头，我从来没有一次打电话给他

But every time I talked to Mama 但每次我跟妈妈讲

I wondered if he was there, or if he even cared 我想如果他在那里，或者，如果他甚至关心

I figured I walked out on him and the course of our love had run 我想我遗弃了他，我们的爱的过程中已经运行

Momma said, no,no, you listen to me, Son 妈妈说，不，不，你听我说，儿子

He's a stubborn man and he won't give in 他是个固执的人，他不会让步

He believes what he believes, well, you're just like him 他认为，他认为，好了，你和他一样

   

Well, I could tell by her voice there was something wrong 好了，我可以通过她的声音告诉有什么不对劲

She broke down and said he ain't got long 她崩溃了，说他是不是得了长

So I caught the next plane home 所以，我赶上了下一班飞机回家

Thought about all the years gone 想到这些年走了

Had my pride that I let so much time go by 有我的骄傲，我让那么多的时间去了

I ran up those stairs and stood by his bed 我跑走上楼梯，站在他的床前

And I cried 我哭了

   

Twenty years ago thought I knew it all 二十年前想我知道这一切

But trying to talk to me was like talking to a wall 但是，试图跟我说话就像跟一个墙

I thought I was a man acting like I did 我以为我是一个人演戏像我一样

But all I want right now is just to be your kid 但我想现在只是要你的孩子

Just before my Dad gave up the ghost 就在我父亲就断了

He took my hand and said 他拉着我的手说：

Son, let it go, that was twenty years ago 儿子，让他走了，那是二十年前

Twenty years ago 二十年前