I pulled into the shopping center

我在购物中心停留片刻

And saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother

看见一个小男孩抱着他母亲的腿

Like ice cream melting they embraced

就像融化的冰激凌那般粘着

Years of bad decisions runnin' down her face

多年的操劳皱纹已经爬上她的脸庞

All mornin' I'd been thinkin' my life's so hard

整个上午我一直努力思索着我艰苦的生活

And they wore everything they own livin' in a car

他们穿戴着他们仅有的一切，就生活在一部汽车内

I wanted to tell him it would be ok

我想要告诉他一切都会好的

But I just got in my suburban and I drove away

可我只是个刚来这住宅区的人于是我开车驶离了那里

But I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

可我不知道为何他们总说大人不要哭

I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

我不知道为何他们总说大人不要哭

Keep having this dream about my old man

总是做着一个关于老爹的梦

I'm 10 years old and he's holding my hand

在我10岁的那年，他握着我的手

We're talkin' on the front porch watchin' the sun go down

我们在前廊交谈看日暮西山

But it was just a dream he was a slave to his job and he couldn't be around

而这只是一个梦，他只是他工作的奴隶，他无法在我身旁

So many things I wanna say to him

有太多的事我想要对他倾诉

But I just placed a rose on his grave and I talk to the wind

可我只能在他坟墓上放枝玫瑰，而对着风交谈

But I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

可我不知道为何他们总说大人不要哭

I don't know why they say grown men don't cry don't cry

我不知道为何他们总说大人不要哭，不要哭

I'm sittin' here with my kids and my wife

此刻我和我的妻儿坐在这里

And everything that I hold dear in my life

以及我生命中所珍视的一切

We say grace and thank the Lord

我们祷告并感谢仁慈的主

Got so much to be thankful for

感谢所得到的诸多

Then it's up the stairs and off to bed and my little girl says

然后我那上了楼躺在床上的小女儿说

"I haven't had my story yet "

我还没有我的故事呢

And everything weighin' on my mind disappears just like that

这使我所忧虑的一切就那样消失了

When she lifts her head off her pillow and says

当她从枕头上抬起头说道

"I Love You Dad"

我爱你爸爸

I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

我不知道为何他们总说大人不要哭

I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

我不知道为何他们总说大人不要哭

And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

我不知道为何他们总说大人不要哭

I don't know why they say grown men don't cry don't cry

我不知道为何他们总说大人不要哭，不要哭