Daddy I Drew You Smiling

Daddy I drew you smiling today

爸爸，我今天画了你的笑脸

With a big red mouth and yellow hair

有红红的大嘴巴，还有黄头发

I hung it on the fridge where it'll stay

我把它贴在冰箱上，就一直放在那

So you can see it everywhere

这样你随处都能看到啦

She came home from school with a paper in her hand

她放学回到家，手里攥着一张纸

Crayon all over it colors bright and grand

上面涂满了蜡笔画，色彩绚烂夺目

Said Daddy look I drew you this is what you look like

她说：“爸爸你看，我画了你，这就是你的样子”

And I looked at the paper and it hit me like a strike

我看着那张纸，心头猛地一震

There I was with a smile that went ear to ear

画里的我，笑得嘴角都快咧到了耳根

Mouth curved up happy no sadness no fear

嘴角上扬，满是快乐，没有悲伤也没有恐惧

But I hadn't smiled like that in maybe a month or two

可我已经有一两个月，没这样笑过了

I'd been carrying weight that was making me blue

我一直背负着重担，心情无比沉重

She said Daddy why you quiet don't you like what I made

她问：“爸爸你怎么不说话，不喜欢我画的吗？”

I said baby I love it I'm just amazed

我说：“宝贝我很喜欢，只是被震撼到了”

Daddy I drew you smiling today

爸爸，我今天画了你的笑脸

With a big red mouth and yellow hair

有红红的大嘴巴，还有黄头发

I hung it on the fridge where it'll stay

我把它贴在冰箱上，就一直放在那

So you can see it everywhere

这样你随处都能看到啦

I said baby why'd you draw me smiling so big

我问：“宝贝，为什么把我画得笑得这么开心？”

She said cause that's how you look when you forget to be sad

她说：“因为当你忘记悲伤时，就是这个样子的”

She said I see you smiling when you think I'm not looking

她说：“当你以为我没看你时，我总能看到你在笑”

When you're making my lunch when you're reading my book

比如你给我做午饭，或者给我读故事书的时候

She said that's the real you Daddy the sad is just a cloud

她说：“那才是真实的你，爸爸，悲伤只是一朵云”

That comes and goes away but the smile is what you're about

飘来又会散去，笑容才是你的本色

She said I drew the real you so you could see him too

她说：“我画出了真实的你，好让你也能看到他”

Cause sometimes you forget him when the day is through

因为当一天忙完，你有时会把他弄丢

And I held that drawing like it was a mirror to my soul

我捧着那幅画，仿佛它是一面照进内心的镜子

Seeing myself through her eyes finally made me whole

透过她的双眼看自己，我终于找回了完整的自我

Daddy I drew you smiling today

爸爸，我今天画了你的笑脸

With a big red mouth and yellow hair

有红红的大嘴巴，还有黄头发

I hung it on the fridge where it'll stay

我把它贴在冰箱上，就一直放在那

So you can see it everywhere

这样你随处都能看到啦

And I stuck that drawing on the fridge with a magnet and a tear

我用磁铁把画贴在冰箱上，眼眶里含着泪水

Looked at it every morning when the dark was drawing near

每天清晨，当情绪低谷袭来时，我都会看着它

She'd drawn me happy when I'd forgotten how to be

在我忘记如何快乐时，她画出了我的幸福

She'd drawn me smiling when smiling was hard to see

在笑容难觅的时刻，她画出了我的笑脸

EVERY crayon stroke was a reminder of the truth

每一笔蜡笔的痕迹，都在提醒我那个真相

That the real me was still in there still under the roof

真实的我就在这里，从未离开过这个家

And I started smiling more not cause I had to cause I could

我开始更多地微笑，不是因为必须，而是因为我能够笑出来

Cause my daughter drew me happy and she understood

因为女儿画出了我的快乐，而且她懂我

Daddy I drew you smiling today

爸爸，我今天画了你的笑脸

With a big red mouth and yellow hair

有红红的大嘴巴，还有黄头发

I hung it on the fridge where it'll stay

我把它贴在冰箱上，就一直放在那

So you can see it everywhere

这样你随处都能看到啦