you gotta have the right tools 你得有合适的工具

for every job 对每一项工作

so I invite myself in 所以我邀请自己在

through a hole in the fence 透过栅栏上有一个洞

I am tripping through the junkyard 我穿过垃圾场跳闸

scanning over the piles 扫描过桩

the thin cats raise their skin in defense 瘦猫提高他们的皮肤防御

I know he's watching me 我知道他在看我

I can see him through the cracks 我可以看到他穿过裂缝

his eyes are small and shy on my back 他的眼睛很小，害羞的在我的背上

he says his name is jason 他说，他的名字是贾森 -

he lives in the last trailer on the right 他在生命的最后拖车右侧

and he'll be seven 他会是7

on the fourth of july 在七月四日

   

only the people who live here 只有谁住在这里的人们

know the name of this place 知道这个地方的名字

my path through iowa would be 通过衣阿华我的道路将是

hard to trace 苦苦追寻

all the adults in this town 所有的成年人在这个小镇

try not to frown 尽量不要皱眉

when I walk by 当我走了

but jason smiled at me 但杰森对我笑

he met my eye 他遇见了我的眼睛

   

he don't ask me 他不问我

where I'm from 我来自哪里

or why I came 为什么我来了

here alone 这边独

we all go looking for paradise 大家都去寻找天堂

then we go back home 那么，我们回家

we cut out the small talk 我们切出的小谈

go right to the way things are 向右走的事情是

he showed me his squirrel skull 他给我看他的松鼠头骨

I told him I locked myself out of my car 我告诉他，我把自己锁了我的车

   

so there goes the only friend 所以那张唯一的朋友

I have in iowa 我在爱荷华州

his hand flapping behind him 他用手拍打他的身后

waving good-bye 挥手再见

his name is jason 他的名字是贾森 -

he lives in the last trailer on the right 他在生命的最后拖车右侧

and he'll be seven 他会是7

on the fourth of july 在七月四日