The Chain of Love

He was driving home one evening
一天傍晚他開著破舊的龐蒂亞克車
In his beat up Pontiac
走在回家的路上
When an old lady flagged him down
看到一位老婦人示意他停車
Her Mercedes had a flat
告訴他，她的車爆胎了
He could see that she was frightened
他看到她站在雪地裡
Standing out there in the snow
面露驚恐
'Til he said I'm here to help you ma'am
說道：“我來幫您，夫人
By the way my name is Joe
順便說一句，我叫喬。'
She said I'm from St Louis
她說：”我來自聖路易斯
And I'm only passing through
只是經過此地，
I must have seen a hundred cars go by
我肯定已經看著一百來輛車路過
This is awful nice of you
你實在是太好心了！ “
When he changed the tire
當他換好輪胎
And closed her trunk
關好車尾箱後
And was about to drive away
準備驅車離去時
She said how much do I owe you
她問他，她欠下了多大的人情
Here's what he had to say
他說，你不欠我任何東西，
You don't owe me a thing I've been there too
我也曾遭遇類似的經歷
Someone once helped me out
有人幫助了我
Just the way I'm helping you
就像我幫助你這樣
If you really want to pay me back
如果你真的想回報我
Here's what you do
你要做的
Don't let the chain of love end with you
是別讓愛的鏈條就此斷裂
Well a few miles down the road
行駛了幾英里後
The lady saw a small cafe
婦人看見一家小咖啡館
She went in to grab a bite to eat
她進去吃了點東西
And then be on her way
然後繼續她的旅程
But she couldn 't help but notice
但是她不由得注意到
How the waitress smiled so sweet
那兒的服務員怎麼能笑得如此甜蜜
And how she must've been eight months along
怎麼能在懷有八個月的身孕的情況下
And dead on her feet
依然如此賣力工作
And though she didn't know her story
即便她對她的故事一無所知
And she probably never will
甚至也許永遠也不會知道她的故事
When the waitress went to get her change
婦人付了一百美元
From a hundred dollar bill
當服務員給她找零錢時
The lady slipped right out the door
婦人已經離去
And on a napkin left a note
紙巾上有她寫下的留言
There were tears in the waitress's eyes
服務員讀過後
When she read what she wrote
熱淚盈眶
You don' t owe me a thing
上面寫著：你不欠我任何東西
I've been there too
我也曾經歷過你所經歷的
Someone once helped me out
但是有人給予了我幫助
Just the way I'm helping you
就像我幫助你那樣
If you really want to pay me back
如果你真的想要回報我
Here's what you do
你要做的
Don't let the chain of love end with you
就是別讓愛的鏈條就此斷裂
That night when she got home from work
服務員當晚下班回到家
The waitress climbed into bed
爬上床的時候
She was thinkin'about the money
她想起婦人留下的那筆錢
And what the lady's note had said
以及她的留言
As her husband lay there sleeping
丈夫正酣睡著
She whispered soft and low
她輕柔地對他低語道
Everything's gonna be alright I love you Joe
一切都會好起來的，我愛你，喬