It was a coal town He spent his whole life in a hole in
这是一座煤矿城市 他花费了他一生的时间在地洞里
The ground smashing pieces of earth
击碎着地球的一角
He never really saw the sky
他从来没有看到过天空
It was a hard life But little black rocks make the televisions
这是太过艰苦的生活 但是小小的黑色的岩石成了他的电视
Work and put food on the table
他辛苦工作 赚钱养家
Until the unions cast him aside
直到工会将他开除
Now there's a hundred challenging things a boy can do
现在这个男孩可以做一百种充满挑战性的事情了
And you've waved goodbye and held more tears in
你挥手告别并且忍住更多的眼泪
Than anyone ever should
比那些本来应该这么做的任何人做的更多
And all my sorrows pale to insignificance
我所有的悲伤变得苍白而毫无意义
That's why I love you
那就是我为什么爱你的原因
She was in a strange land She taught herself to read
她生活在他乡 她教会她自己看懂
From doing crosswords and hiding her accent
猜字游戏并且隐藏自己的口音
She cast her dreams aside
她抛弃自己的梦想
She had a spark in her eye
她眼中闪着泪光
She never saw her son on his wedding day
在他结婚的日子她从来没有看到自己的儿子
Or our cherry blossoms falling down from the sky
或者看到樱花从天空中飘落
Now there's a hundred challening things a boy can do
现在这个男孩可以做一百种充满挑战性的事情了
And you've waved goodbye and held more tears in
你挥手告别并且忍住更多的眼泪
Than anyone ever should
比那些本来应该这么做的任何人 做的更多
And all my sorrows pale to insignificance
我所有的悲伤变得苍白而毫无意义
That's why I love you
那就是我为什么爱你的原因
No coal mines
没有煤矿
No not a trace
留下痕迹
Now shopping malls take their place
现在大型商场取代了他们工作生活地方
No picket lines
没有警戒线
The sacrifice
那些牺牲
Dreams overrun
梦想的结束
Hopes for a future for her son in Ollerton
只剩对生活在奥勒顿的儿子的未来的希望
Now there's a hundred challenging things a boy can do
现在这个男孩可以做一百种充满挑战性的事情了
And you've waved goodbye and held more tears in
你挥手告别并且忍住更多的眼泪
Than anyone ever should
比那些本来应该这么做的任何人 做的更多
And all my sorrows pale to insignificance
我所有的悲伤变得苍白而毫无意义
That's why she loves you
那就是她为什么爱你的原因
A hundred challenging things a boy can do
这个男孩可以做一百种充满挑战性的事情了
Wave goodbye
挥手告别
Wave goodbye
挥手告别
A hundred challenging
一百种挑战
Say goodbye to you
向你说再见