Numbers On The Cars
Stopped by that house on Esmond Lake
停步埃斯蒙德湖畔小屋
He's sittin' in his easy chair,
父亲正靠在安乐椅上
Watchin' a Sunday evenin' race
观看着一场周日夜竞速
Tells me my grandma's in the other room
他和我说，奶奶在别的房间里
Guess he forgot we laid her down,
我猜他又忘了，奶奶早已入土
It'll be a year come June
到六月就满一年了
Then he mumbles about Vietnam
而后他含糊不清地向我说着越战经历
He don't know who the hell I am
虽然他已经认不出我了
But the drivers, well, he tells me who they are
但他却能一一向我介绍那些车手
I guess He still knows the numbers on the cars
我想，他仍然记得那些车牌号
We try to get him out like we used to
我试着带他出去打猎，就像我们从前那样
But now I load the truck and I drive the boat
但如今装车、主舵的人换成我了
'Cause there ain't much he can do, no
他现在帮不上什么忙了
Cast him a line and watched it as it sank
我帮他抛出鱼钩，看着它沉没河面
Thinkin' how we'd used to talk for hours
回想起之前我们总能有聊不完的话
Now he just stares at the bank
而现在他无言地望着河岸
He used to know every stop in this fishin' hole
他曾经知道每个最佳打鱼点
Though he probably thinks that we're in Mexico
即使他现在可能迷糊地觉得我们在墨西哥
But he knows his way around that boat, even in the dark
但他却记得湖里的每一条出路，即使夜色笼罩天空
And he still knows the numbers on the cars
当然，他还记得车上的号码牌
I know he ain't all there but I don't care
我不在乎阿尔茨海默怎么将他改变成现在这个样子
My mind's still full of memories with him
我的脑海里充满了关于他的所有回忆
And he may not know all the words to the songs
或许他早已记不全那些歌词
But he still knows Merle Haggard's voice when he hears it
但他当他听到歌声，他仍能准确地认出Merle Haggard的声音
I stopped by that house on Esmond Lake
我停步于埃斯蒙德湖畔的小屋
With a couple of tickets to go see a Sunday evenin' race
兜里揣着两张周日晚竞速的门票
As we watched those cars fly around the track
正当我们看着那些赛车在赛道中飞驰
I asked the Lord if just one more time
我向上帝祈祷
He'd bring my old friend back
请求他把我的老朋友带回来，就算只是一瞬
Then somewhere around lap 23
当赛车冲过第23圈左右
That old man turned and smiled at me
父亲转过身来，对着我笑了笑
And for a moment I know he knows where we are
在那时，我明白父亲他又找回了从前的感觉
'Cause he still knows the numbers
因为他仍记得那些号码
Yeah, he still knows the numbers
没错，他仍然记得那些号码
He still knows the numbers, numbers on the cars
他仍记得那些号码，那些车上的号码牌
Yeah, he still knows the numbers
是的，他仍记得那些车牌号