Evergreen Cassette

If I mistook
如果我誤認為
The sun for a mango
這太陽像一個芒果
I'd fly up there and reach for it too
我將飛上去觸摸它
It's the story of something older
一些很古老的故事
And bigger than me and you
比你我還老
And you told it
你告訴他
In a letter
在信中
In the form of an evergreen cassette
在一個不老的磁帶盒子中
And I played it
我放著他
In the morning
在這個清晨
Till after the sun would set
一直到太陽都落下
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See, mother I believe
看吧， 媽媽我相信
That half of everything I hear is true
我聽到的一半故事是真實的
Between you and me
在你我之間
I believe the anecdotes too
我也相信這個故事
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In the verandah
在走廊中
In the midnight heat
在炎熱的午夜中
Cousins and I would wait for the rains
兄妹和我都希望下一場雨
Singing songs about America
唱一首關於美帝的歌
And then the first drops came
然後當第一滴雨落下
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So don't worry
不必擔心
Even though you were
即使你在
Oceans and continents away
海和路之間行走
I heard evergreen hits, lullabies
我聽見了不老的樂曲搖籃曲
And everything you had to say
和你曾說過的一切
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See, mother I believe
看吧， 媽媽我相信
That half of everything I hear is true
我聽到的一半故事是真實的
Between you and me
在你我之間
I believe the anecdotes too
我也相信這個故事
If they get you through
如果他們能讓你明白
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If time, time could be bent with the drop of a tear
如果時光，時光能為掉下的第一滴淚俯身
You'd see it rained in our house for a year
你會看見房間裡下著整年的雨
This is the sound of the beating you'd hear
你會聽到擊打之聲
All the tapes we've taped over all of our hopes and our fears
在所有的磁帶上都會記錄我們的希望和恐慌
The open verandah's been flooding for years
露天走廊淹沒許久
I always hope that I'd see you here
我總是希望我能在那兒看見你
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But time, time can't be bent with the drop of a tear
但是時光，時光不會為掉下的第一滴淚俯身
And though you say you missed out all of those years
儘管你說你錯過了這些年
Your voice on the tapes always kept us near
在錄音帶上你的聲音總是環繞
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See, mother I believe
看吧，媽媽我相信
That half of everything I hear is true
我聽到的一半故事是真實的
Between you and me
在你我之間
I believe in everything you do
我相信你做的任何事