So Shrink Down Dad

Shrink down Dad shrink down to me

爸爸 变小吧 变回我身边

Growing up is growing away

长大就是 渐行渐远

I had a dream you were seven or eight

我做了个梦 梦里你才七八岁

Same height as me same weight same weight

和我一样高 一样重 一样重

You knew the rules to every game

每种游戏的规则 你都了如指掌

You even let me pick the name

你甚至还让我 来起名字

We built a fort from the kitchen chairs

我们用厨房的椅子 搭起堡垒

We flew paper planes down the cellar stairs

我们在地下室楼梯 扔着纸飞机

You weren't my father in that dream

在那个梦里 你不是我的爸爸

You were the brother I'd never seen

你是我从未见过的 那个小兄弟

Ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh

The morning pulled you back to tall

清晨却把你 拉回了高大的现实

Ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh

Now there's a suit where the boy used to fall

如今只剩西装身影 那个男孩曾在这里

Asleep on the living room floor

倒在客厅地板上 沉沉睡去

So shrink down Dad shrink down to me

所以 爸爸 变小吧 变回我身边

Climb back to the size of a kid would you please

回到小孩子的模样 好吗

Cause growing up is growing away

因为长大就是 渐行渐远

And I miss the brother you were that day

我好想念 那天梦里的那个兄弟

Shrink down Dad just for a while

爸爸 变小吧 哪怕只是一会儿

Be small enough to make me smile

变回那个 能让我微笑的模样

Your coffee's cold and your screen is bright

你的咖啡凉了 屏幕还亮着

You're typing things in the middle of the night

你在深夜里 敲敲打打

I drew you a dog with a rose in its mouth

我画了一只 叼着玫瑰的小狗送你

You said that's nice without turning round

你头也不回地 说了句“真不错”

You're tall as the doorframe you're wide as the hall

你高得像门框 宽得像走廊

But you don't fit in my world at all

却一点也 挤不进我的世界

I close my eyes and I wish real hard

我闭上眼 用力地许愿

Back to the dream in our backyard

回到后院里的 那个梦境

Back to the boy with the paper planes

回到那个 玩纸飞机的男孩身边

So shrink down Dad shrink down to me

所以 爸爸 变小吧 变回我身边

Climb back to the size of a kid would you please

回到小孩子的模样 好吗

Cause growing up is growing away

因为长大就是 渐行渐远

And I miss the brother you were that day

我好想念 那天梦里的那个兄弟

Shrink down Dad just for a while

爸爸 变小吧 哪怕只是一会儿

Be small enough to make me smile

变回那个 能让我微笑的模样

I think somebody told you a lie

我想 有人对你撒了谎

That big boys don't look at the sky

他们说 大男孩不该仰望天空

That big boys don't sit on the floor

他们说 大男孩不该坐在地板上

That big boys walk out the door

他们说 大男孩总要走出家门

When the playing starts

就在游戏 刚刚开始的时候

But I don't believe them anymore

但我再也不相信 那些谎话了

You were a boy before you were a dad

在成为爸爸之前 你也是个男孩

And maybe that boy's not gone just hid

或许那个男孩 没走远 只是躲了起来

If I could find him if I could reach

如果我能找到他 如果我能触碰到他

He'd shrink right down and play with me

他一定会变小 陪我一起玩耍

So shrink down Dad shrink down to me

所以 爸爸 变小吧 变回我身边

Climb back to the size of a kid would you please

回到小孩子的模样 好吗

Cause growing up is growing away

因为长大就是 渐行渐远

And I miss the brother you were that day

我好想念 那天梦里的那个兄弟

Shrink down Dad just for a while

爸爸 变小吧 哪怕只是一会儿

Be small enough to make me smile

变回那个 能让我微笑的模样

Shrink down shrink down

变小吧 变小吧

Just for a day

哪怕只有一天

The boy's still there Dad

那个男孩还在 爸爸

I know he's still there

我知道 他一直都在

Ooh ooh-ooh

Be small enough to play

变回那个 能陪我玩的模样