歌词
I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
那年我八岁，手里紧攥着一枚硬币奔跑
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
去公交车站，为我的老爸买一份早报
I′d sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
我坐在他的腿上，在大别克车里，把着舵穿行过小镇
He′d tousle my hair and say son take a good look around this is your hometown
他搅乱我的头发说 “孩子，好好看一看周围，这就是你的家乡
This is your hometown
这就是你的家乡”
This is your hometown
这就是你的家乡”
This is your hometown
这就是你的家乡”
In `65 tension was running high at my high school
65年，陡然紧张的氛围，萦绕在我的学校
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
一系列冲突事件，爆发在黑白之间
There was nothing you could do
你什么都改变不了
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
周六晚交通灯下，两辆车后座各携有枪支
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
一言不合，擦枪走火
Troubled times had come to my hometown
混乱的时代降临 ，在我的家乡
My hometown
我的家乡
My hometown
我的家乡
My hometown
我的家乡
Now Main Street′s whitewashed windows and vacant stores
而今主街尽是泥窗与空荡的商店
Seems like there ain′t nobody wants to come down here no more
看起来似乎再也不会有谁，想要回到这个地方
They′re closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
他们将铁路沿线的纺织厂逐一关闭
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain′t coming back to your hometown
工头说“孩子，这些岗位没了，它们将不再回到你的家乡”
Your hometown
你的家乡
Your hometown
你的家乡
Your hometown
你的家乡
Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
昨晚我和凯特躺在床上
talking about getting out
商量着离开此地
Packing up our bags maybe heading south
收拾好我们的行李，也许，迁往南方
I′m thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
我已三十五岁两个人有了自己的孩子
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around
昨晚我扶他坐到方向盘后面，说“孩子，好好看一看周围
This is your hometown
这就是你的家乡
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