听歌学英语（Dance With My Father）

歌曲相关背景：
　　Released: 2003
　　Luther Vandross在逝世前的遗作，一张充满了亲情之作。首推的曲目必是获得04年Grammy年度最佳歌曲的专辑同名曲！这首深情款款的歌。。。词曲俱佳。。。而整张专辑体现出的卓越水准，绝对不容错过。。。



back when i was a child, before life removed all the innocence
在我孩提时 当天真还未被生活吞噬  

my father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then

父亲常将我高高举起 同母亲和我共舞
spin me around 'til i fell asleep

有抱起我直到我安睡
then up the stairs he would carry me

然后抱我上楼
and i knew for sure i was loved

我确信我被深爱着
if i could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him

如果我可以在有一个机会 与他在漫步一次,再共舞一次
i'd play a song that would never, ever end

我会弹奏一支无终无尽的歌曲
how i'd love, love, love
to dance with my father again

我是多么想再次与父亲共舞


when i and my mother would disagree

当我与母亲想法不一致
to get my way, i would run from her to him

不听话的我就跑去找父亲
he'd make me laugh just to comfort me

他会逗我,安慰我
then finally make me do just what my mama said

最后还是要我照妈妈说的做
later that night when i was asleep

那天晚上当我熟睡
he left a dollar under my sheet

他在被单下留下一块钱
never dreamed that he would be gone from me

从未想到他会离我而去
if i could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him

假如我能最后偷看一眼 与他跳最后一步,舞最后一次
i'd play a song that would never, ever end

我会弹奏一支无终无尽的歌曲
'cause i'd love, love, love

to dance with my father again
因为我是多么想再次与父亲共舞


sometimes i'd listen outside her door

有时我在母亲的门旁倾听
and i'd hear how my mother cried for him

我听到他为父亲而哭泣
i pray for her even more than me

我为她祈祷多过我自己
i pray for her even more than me

我为她祈祷多过我自己

i know i'm praying for much too much

我知道我祈求的东西太多
but could you send back the only man she loved

但是上帝你能否送会她唯一爱过的男人
i know you don't do it usually

我知道你通常不这样做
but dear lord she's dying
to dance with my father again

但是亲爱的上帝,她是多么想再次与父亲共舞
every night i fall asleep and this is all i ever dream

每天夜里当我熟睡着,我就只做这个梦