Daddy what's a train Is it something I can ride
爸爸 火车是什么 是我可以乘坐的吗
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks
那里有很多的成人
And little kids inside
和小孩子吗
Is it bigger than our house Well how can I explain
那比我们家还大吗 我该如何解释
When my little boy and girl ask me
当我的小男孩和女孩问我
Daddy what's a train
爸爸 火车是什么
When I was just a boy and living by the track
当我只是一个男孩,按部就班地生活
Us kids would gather up the coal in big ole gunnysacks
我们的孩子用大大的粗布麻袋收集煤炭
Then we heard the warning sound
然后我们听到了警告的声音
As the train pulled into view
当火车驶入视线范围内
The engineer would smile
火车司机会微笑
And wave as she went rolling through
并挥手致意 当她轰隆而过的时候
She blew so loud and clear we had to cover up our ears
她的鸣笛响亮清晰 我们不得不捂住耳朵
And we counted cars just as high as we could go
我们尽力数着车厢
I can almost hear the steam those big old drivers scream
我几乎可以听到蒸汽的呼啸和那些老司机的尖叫
A sound my little kids will never know
那是我的孩子永远不会了解的声音
Daddy what's a train Is it something I can ride
爸爸 火车是什么 是我可以乘坐的吗
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside
那里有很多的成人和小孩子吗
Is it bigger than our house Well how can I explain
那比我们家还大吗 我该如何解释
When my little boy and girl ask me Daddy what's a train
当我的小男孩和女孩问我 爸爸 什么是火车
I guess the times have changed kids are different now
我想现在时代变了,孩子是不同了
'Cause some don't even seem to know
因为一些人甚至不知道
That milk comes from a cow
牛奶来自一头奶牛
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 we memorized
我记得我们是如何记住
The names on railroad cars
火车车厢上的名字
The Wabash and the TP Lackawanna the IC
沃巴什TP 拉克万纳IC
The Nichel-Plate and the good old Santa Fe
Nichel Plate和圣达菲
Just names out of the past I guess they're fading fast
过去的只是名字,我想他们会很快消失
Every time I hear my little boy say
每次我听到我的小男孩说
Daddy what's a train Is it something I can ride
爸爸 火车是什么 是我可以乘坐的吗
Does it carry lots of grown-up
那里有很多的成人
Folks and little kids inside
和小孩子吗
Is it bigger than our house Well
那比我们家还大吗
How can I explain
我怎么解释
When my little boy and girl ask me Daddy what's a train
当我的小男孩和女孩问我 爸爸 什么是火车
We climbed into the car drove down into town
我们爬进车厢开着车进城
Right up to the depot house but no one was around
一直等到仓库里没有人
We searched the yard together
我们一起寻找一些东西
For something I could show
为了我可以表演的
But I knew there hadn't been a train
但我知道那里没有火车
For a dozen years or so
已经十几年左右
All the things I did when I was just a kid
当我还是个孩子的时候我做的所有事情
How far away those memories appear
遥远的记忆一幕幕浮现
I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me
我想这是显而易见的,他们仍对我意义重大
'Cause my ambition was to be an engineer
因为我的志向是成为一名火车司机
Daddy what 's a train Is it something I can ride
爸爸 火车是什么 是我可以乘坐的吗
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside
那里有很多的成人和小孩子吗
Is it bigger than our house Well how can I explain
那比我们家还大吗 我该如何解释
When my little boy and girl ask me 'Daddy what's a train
当我的小男孩和女孩问我 爸爸 什么是火车