If Not Me
Craig Morgan
If Not Me 歌詞
He said: mama I know you have
他說:媽媽,我知道你有
a lot of plans for me
很多計劃給我
College in the fall,
秋天去上大學
hey I'm almost eighteen
嘿我快18歲了
I've been doing lots of thinking
我思考了很多
about a lot of stuff
考慮了很多東西
Went down to the recruiter today
我今天還是去了征兵處
and I signed up
報了名
If not there, then where
如果不是這裡,還有哪裡呢
If not now, then when
如果不是現在,還要等到什麼時候呢
If not this, then what else can I defend
如果不保衛祖國,我還能保衛什麼呢
Being gone and being scared
儘管帶著恐懼出發了
What else can I do
我還能做些什麼呢
If not me mama
如果我還不站出來的話,媽媽
If not me then who
我不站出來的話,要靠誰呢
He's upstairs shaving
他正在樓上刮鬍子
His cloth is starched and pressed
他的衣服早已漿洗過疊好
I'm down here praying, my mind is a mess
我在樓下祈禱,腦中一團漿糊
I asked:Where you got, these crazy ideas anyway
我問他,他是從哪來的這些瘋狂的想法的
He just smiled and says:
他只是微笑著說道:
It's the way that I was raised
我就是這麼被養大的啊
If not there, then where
如果不是這裡,還有哪裡呢
If not now, then when
如果不是現在,還要等到什麼時候呢
If not this, then what else can I defend
如果不保衛祖國,我還能保衛什麼呢
Being gone and being scared
儘管帶著恐懼出發了
What else can I do
我還能做些什麼呢
If not me daddy
如果我還不站出來的話,爸爸
If not me then who
我不站出來的話,要靠誰呢
We wait for his letters, emails and satellite calls
我們等著他的信、電子郵件和衛星電話
Then the politics,
接著來了消息
That's number 84 wide receiver for the Wildcats
那是'野貓'的84號接線員
Whose pictures is hanging in my home
他的照片掛在我的家裡
Next to the soldier standing proud and tall
站在士兵旁邊,既驕傲又挺拔
He said:
他曾說:
If not there, then where
如果不是這裡,還有哪裡呢
If not now, then when
如果不是現在,還要等到什麼時候呢
If not this, then what else can I defend
如果不保衛祖國,我還能保衛什麼呢
Being gone and being scared
儘管帶著恐懼出發了
What else can I do
我還能做些什麼呢
If not me dear God
如果我還不站出來的話,親愛的上帝啊
If not me then who
我不站出來的話,要靠誰呢