Origineel
Well I met him in the navy
He was the head of the class
She was a cute little thing
He liked the way she shook her glass
And they went off to texas
And they bought some land yeah
And they settled in a hobo
Home by a taco stand
He was doin’ things he didn’t understand
There was no way to exlain it
She was god’s gift to man
Well he got a promotion
And he bought himself a color tv
Had the cable put in
And they watched a round of jeopardy
And they sat out in the evening
And they watched the sun go down
And everything they did
They were livin’ on the outside of town
Well the time went by
That he didn’t understand
She was god’s gift to man
Yeah baby tell me, tell me real good
Don’t you know that we’re livin’ just like a young boy should?
Well she went off to houston
Where she was livin’ in sin
Well he built an office building
But nobody moved in
She wound up in el paso
On the streets again
It was hard to take it
But sometimes you just can’t win
It was after a little way
That he didn’t understand
And couldn’t understand that
She was god’s gift to man
Well I seen her on tv just a couple of nights ago
She was a doin’ a commercial
Smilin’ with some ivory soap
Well I knew inside her heart was black as coal
There ain’t no way to replace the amount of lovin’ that little girl stole
Yeah one day she got it comin’
And she won’t understand her niche
She’s god’s gift to man
Yeah I’ve been doin’ things that I don’t understand
Yeah she’s god’s gift to man
Yeah, yeah ,yeah
Alright, alright, alright
Vertaling
Ik heb hem bij de marine ontmoet.
Hij was het hoofd van de klas.
Ze was een schattig klein ding.
Hij hield van de manier waarop ze met haar glas schudde
And they went off to texas
En ze kochten wat land, ja
And they set in a hobo
Home by a taco stand
He was doing’ things he didn’t understand
There was no way to exlain it
She was God’s gift to man
Wel, hij kreeg een promotie
And he bought himself a color tv
Had the cable put in
And they watched a round of Jeopardy
En ze zaten ’s avonds buiten
En ze keken hoe de zon onderging
En alles wat ze deden
Ze leefden aan de rand van de stad
Nou, de tijd ging voorbij
Dat hij niet begreep
She was God’s gift to man
Yeah baby tell me, tell me real good
Don’t you know that we’re livin’ just like a young boy should?
Well she went off to Houston
Where she was livin’ in sin
Wel, hij bouwde een kantoorgebouw
But nobody moved in
Ze belandde in El Paso
Opnieuw op straat
It was hard to take it
Maar soms kun je gewoon niet winnen.
It was after a little way
That he didn’t understand
En niet kon begrijpen dat
Ze was Gods geschenk aan de mens
Nou, ik zag haar een paar avonden geleden op tv
Ze deed een reclamespot
Smilin’ with some ivory soap
Nou wist ik dat haar hart zo zwart als steenkool was
Er is geen manier om de hoeveelheid liefde te vervangen die dat kleine meisje heeft gestolen
Ja, op een dag zal ze het krijgen
En ze zal haar plaats niet begrijpen
She’s God’s gift to man
Yeah I’ve been doin’ things that I don’t understand
Yeah she’s God’s gift to man
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Alright, alright, alright