Once I was seven years old my momma told me
那年我七歲 媽媽就對我說
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
去交些朋友 不然你會孤獨(dú)寂寞
Once I was seven years old
那年我七歲
It was a big big world but we thought we were bigger
這個遼闊的大千世界 總以為我們也會變得更加強(qiáng)大
Pushing each other to the limits we were learning quicker
將彼此逼到絕境 我們得以更快的成長
By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
十一歲那年 我吸煙 喝烈性酒
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
生活捉襟見肘 我們離家奮斗只為有個穩(wěn)定收入
Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me
十一歲那年 爸爸對我說
Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely
給自己找個妻子 否則你會空虛寂寞
Once I was eleven years old
那年我十一歲
I always had that dream like my daddy before me
我常夢想著有朝一日能像爸爸一樣成為一個歌手
So I started writing songs I started writing stories
所以我開始寫歌 開始寫不同的故事
Something about the glory always seemed to bore me
曾經(jīng)的光輝歲月 對我來說也已厭倦
Cause only those I really love will ever really know me
因為只有那些我真正愛的人才真的懂我
Once I was 20 years old my story got told
二十歲那年 我的故事廣為流傳
Before the morning sun when life was lonely
黎明還未照耀前 孤獨(dú)的我無人相伴
Once I was 20 years old
那年我二十歲