⚾ Buy A Boy A Baseball - Granger Smith
Buy a boy a baseball, get him outside
給男孩買顆棒球，帶他出去走
Get his hands dirty, take a little time
弄髒他的手，花一點時間
Give a boy a Bible, teach him how to pray
給男孩一本聖經，教他如何祈禱
Thank the good Lord at the end of the day
在一天結束時好好感謝主
Wake him up early, teach him how to work
早點叫醒他，教他如何工作
Spend his own money, show him what it's worth, yeah
花他自己的錢，讓他明白它的價值，是的
He's gonna know it all, he'll slip and he'll fall
他會知道這一切，他會滑倒，他會跌倒
He'll pick himself up, amen
他會振作起來的，阿們
Yes, sir, yes, ma'am, show him how to be a man
是的，先生，是的，女士，告訴他如何做一個男人
So one of these days, he can……
所以總有一天，他可以……
Buy a girl flowers, take her to a show
給女孩買束花，帶她去看演出
Treat her like a lady and maybe down the road
像對待女士一樣對待她，也許在路上
He'll givе a girl a diamond, put it on her hand
他會給女孩一顆鑽石，戴在她手上
Watch her and her mama making all thе plans
看著她和她母親，實現所有規劃
Then get a little house on a little piece of land
然後在一小塊土地上，建一棟小房子
Build a little family
建立一個小家庭
So maybe one of these days , he can, yeah
也許之後的某一天，他將做到這些，是的
Buy a boy a baseball, get him outside
給男孩買顆棒球，帶他出去走
Get his hands dirty, take a little time
弄髒他的手，花一點時間
Give a boy a Bible, teach him how to pray
給男孩一本聖經，教他如何祈禱
Thank the good Lord at the end of the day
在一天結束時好好感謝主
Yeah, he's gonna know it all, he'll slip and he'll fall
是的，他會知道這一切，他會滑倒，他會跌倒
He'll pick himself up, amen
他會振作起來的，阿們
Yes, sir, yes, ma'am, show him how to be a man
是的，先生，是的，女士，告訴他如何做一個男人
So one of these days, he can──
所以總有一天，他可以──
Buy a boy a baseball
給男孩買顆棒球
Give a boy a Bible
給男孩一本聖經
He's watching you walk and he's hearing you talk
他看著你走過的路，聽著你說過的話
And he wants to be you someday
他想要在某一天成為你
He's growing up fast and you can't get it back
他正在快速成長，你無暇回首
Right now he just wants to play
儘管現在他只想玩
So buy a boy a baseball, get him outside
所以給男孩買顆棒球，帶他出去走
Get his hands dirty, take a little time
弄髒他的手，花一點時間
Give a boy a Bible, teach him how to pray
給男孩一本聖經，教他如何祈禱
And keep thanking the Lord all day, yeah
然後無時無刻對主保持敬意，是的
Buy a boy a Baseball, yeah
給男孩買顆棒球，是的
Give a boy a Bible
給男孩一本聖經
Buy a boy a baseball
給男孩買顆棒球
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第一次聽到這首歌是在台南Josh去沖繩某座球場的short，當下立刻就感受到這首歌跟畫面很搭，把那個沖繩的海邊形象，浪漫、浪人的感覺全部映射出來，有點浮誇，但就是因為真的被驚艷到了，才會有這個衝動想去研究這首歌的意思。
我不太會評論歌曲啦，不過我的感受是，這首歌給我一種基督教的鄉村民謠感，用棒球與聖經，帶出了夢想、追逐過程中的磨難，以及用虔誠的心去接納這些困境，轉變為自己成長的正向意義，三分鐘內將男孩與男人之間的成長與傳承，描繪得相當生動。
是一首聽了以後，能讓人重新站起來的好歌。
