My Father

My Father - This Mortal Coil

My father always promised us

我父亲时常向我们保证

That we would live in france

我们会去法国生活

Wed go boating on the seine

我们会在塞纳河的船上举行婚礼

And I would learn to dance

我也会学会跳舞

We lived in ohio then

之后我们会去俄亥俄州

He worked in the mines

父亲在矿上工作

On his dreams like boats

关于他那些泛舟的梦

We knew we would sail in time

我知道我们会及时扬帆起航

All my sisters soon were gone

我的姐妹们很快就离开了

To denver and cheyenne

去了丹佛和夏延

Marrying their grownup dreams

去追逐她们的梦想

The lilacs and the man

她们去拥抱美丽和爱情

I stayed behind the youngest still

我是留下的最小的一个

Only danced alone

独自起舞

The colors of my fathers dreams

我父亲的梦想的颜色

Faded without a sound

渐渐褪色

And I live in paris now

我现在生活在巴黎

My children dance and dream

我的孩子们拥有梦想，他们喜欢跳舞

Hearing the ways of a miners life

当我说起矿工的生活时

In words theyve never seen

他们从未了解

I sail my memories of home

我想起了家乡的时光

Like boats across the seine

就像穿越塞纳河的船只

And watch the paris sun

看着巴黎的落日

As it sets in my fathers eyes again

因为它也从我的父亲眼中再次落下