Flowers are Red 花兒就是紅

The little boy went first day of school小男孩第一天上學去

He got some crayons and started to draw他拿了些蠟筆開始畫畫
He put colors all over the paper
他在紙上塗滿顏色
For colors was what he saw
因他所見就是如此多彩

And the teacher said What you doin' young man老師問小孩說 你在做什麼

I'm paintin' flowers he said 小男孩答說我在畫花
She said... It's not the time for art young man
她說小孩 這不是搞藝術的時候
And anyway flowers are green and red
無論如何花就是綠色和紅色
There's a time for everything young man
小孩 每件事都有時間限制的
And a way it should be done
並且有一定的作法
You've got to show concern for everyone else
您一定要體認到別人的存在
For you're not the only one
因為你不是唯一一個

And she said...老師接著說
Flowers are red young man
小孩 花兒就是紅
Green leaves are green
綠葉就是綠
There's no need to see flowers any other way
沒必要用其他方式來看花
Than they way they always have been seen
就照著老樣子來欣賞它

But the little boy said...但是小男孩說
There are so many colors in the rainbow
彩虹有許多種顏色
So many colors in the morning sun
早晨的太陽有許多種顏色
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
我看見的每朵花有許多種顏色

Well the teacher said.. You're sassy老師於是說 你怎麼這麼嚧
There's ways that things should be
做事有一定的方法
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
你將照這樣的方式來畫花
So repeat after me.....
所以請你跟我這樣做

And she said...老師接著說
Flowers are red young man
小孩 花兒就是紅
Green leaves are green
綠葉就是綠
There's no need to see flowers any other way
沒必要用其他方式來看花
Than they way they always have been seen
就照著老樣子來欣賞它

But the little boy said...但是小男孩說
There are so many colors in the rainbow
彩虹有許多種顏色
So many colors in the morning sun
早晨的太陽有許多種顏色
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
我看見的每朵花有許多種顏色

The teacher put him in a corner老師懲罰他待在角落
She said.. It's for your own good..
老師說 這是為了你好
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
當你做對了才可以出來
And are responding like you should
做出你應該做的回應
Well finally he got lonely
最終小男孩單獨一人
Frightened thoughts filled his head
腦海中充滿著害怕的思緒
And he went up to the teacher
於是小男孩走到老師那
And this is what he said.. and he said
這就是小男孩所說的 他這麼說

Flowers are red, green leaves are green花兒就是紅,綠葉就是綠
There's no need to see flowers any other way
沒必要用其他方式來看花
Than they way they always have been seen
就照著老樣子來欣賞它

Time went by like it always does 時光任苒
And they moved to another town
他們搬到另一小鎮
And the little boy went to another school
小男孩轉學到別的學校
And this is what he found
他發現
The teacher there was smilin'
這裡的老師會微笑
She said...Painting should be fun
她說... 繪畫應該是有趣的
And there are so many colors in a flower
花兒有許多種顏色
So let's use every one
所以讓我們使用每一種色彩

But that little boy painted flowers 但是小男孩所畫的花
In neat rows of green and red
綠色和紅色整齊的排列
And when the teacher asked him why
當老師問他為何如此
This is what he said.. and he said
這就是小男孩所說的 他這麼說

Flowers are red, green leaves are green花兒就是紅,綠葉就是綠
There's no need to see flowers any other way
沒必要用其他方式來看花
Than they way they always have been seen
就照著老樣子來欣賞它

http://youtube.com/watch?v=noVC5Jt2Gu8

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