Raise me straight and raise me true
將我培養(yǎng)正直，育以真實
Spent my days becoming you
花盡我的一生變成你
Sunday morning, evening too
無論禮拜早上，夜晚也如此
Sitting in your second pew
你坐在教堂的第二排長椅上
Torn apart, my spirits spent
崩奔離析，我的靈魂已疲憊
I fell in love on accident
我無意地感受了到愛情
Wondered just what Jesus meant
思索耶穌的這句話是何解
When he said all love was Heaven sent
當(dāng)他說一切的愛都是天賜之物
Papa I don't need a preacher
爸爸，我不需要牧師來糾正
I ain't some kind of creature，F(xiàn)rom some old double feature
我并非那種受造于古時雙重性格的生物
I just want to make you proud of the kind of love I've found
我只是想讓你為我尋找到的這份愛感到驕傲
But you say it's not allowed
你卻說這樣做不被允許
Say that its a sin
說這是一種罪
But it's how I've always been
可我一直都是如此
Did you love me when, he was just my friend?
當(dāng)他只是我普通朋友時，你才會愛我嗎？
Tried my hardest not to be
盡了力地去抗拒
I locked the door and I broke the key
我把心門緊鎖住毀掉了鑰匙
Jesus died upon that tree
耶穌犧牲在那十字架上
Daddy do you think he'd covet me
父親你是否覺得他也會愛護我
Red and yellow black and white
無論膚色是紅是黃 或黑或白
We are precious in His sight
我們都是上帝眼中的珍寶
So why can't I sleep through the night?
那么為何我依舊在夜里輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)
Daddy do you think I've turned out right?
父親你覺得我的表現(xiàn)是否正確
Papa, I don't need a preacher
爸爸，我不需要牧師來糾正
I ain't some kind of creature from some old double-feature
我并非那種受造于古時雙重性格的生物
I just wanna make you proud of the kind of love I've found
我只是想讓你為我尋找到的這份愛感到驕傲
Well you say it ain’t allowed
你卻說這樣做不被允許
You say that it's a sin
說這是一種罪
But it's how I've always been.
可我一直都是如此
Did you love me when, he was just my friend?
當(dāng)他只是我普通朋友時，你才會愛我嗎？
Papa, you're the one that taught me
爸爸啊，是你告訴我
By His stripes He sought me, and with His blood He bought me
因耶穌飽受鞭笞才拯救了我，而籍由他的血將我罪行贖去
Daddy, you're the one that claimed that He'd love me through the flame
父親，你才是聲稱耶穌會不顧火燒愛著我的那個人
Now, can't you do the same?
現(xiàn)在，你能像那樣愛我嗎？
I've been born again
我已獲得重生
But I first was born in sin
然而出生時我本有罪
Did you love me then?
這樣你還愛我么？
Did you love me then?
這樣你還會愛我么？