Tasha's got a room at the county shelter 塔莎的我的房间里县收容所

The cops took her there when her mama got hauled away 警察把她那里时，她的妈妈得到拖走

Little brother and her can't even stay together 小弟弟和她甚至不能长相厮守

She cries each night wondering why it's gotta be this way 她哭，每天晚上不知道为什么这得是这样

   

And she says "I wish I was anyone but me" 她说：“我希望我是谁，但我”

Yeah she'd pack her life in a heartbeat for a little change of scenery 是啊，她会收拾她的生命的心跳的风景变化不大

   

And she keeps looking for a better place 她一直在寻找一个更好的地方

Somewhere she can wear a smile upon her face 地方她可以在她的脸上笑一笑

A home to welcome with a warm embrace 一个家庭迎接一个温暖的拥抱

There's no way to disguise her lonely eyes 有没有办法掩饰她的眼神落寞

Looking for a better place 寻找一个更好的地方

   

Bobby's doing time in youth detention 在青少年拘留Bobby的时间做

Pulled a switch blade knife on some boy making fun at school 拉开关刃刀对一些男孩取笑学校

And all he wanted was a little attention 和所有他想要的是一个小的关注

And a temporary escape from the ridicule 而从调侃临时逃生

And now he's in real deep with the freaks and the criminals 而现在他在真正的深层的怪胎和罪犯

And he wonders when his time is up if he'll know himself at all 他想知道，当他的时间到了，如果他会知道自己在所有

   

And he keeps dreaming of a better place 他一直梦想着一个更好的地方

Somewhere he can have a little room to make mistakes 地方他可以有一个小房间犯错误

A home to help him wash the past away 一回家就帮他洗过去走

Oh he don't need too much, just a little love 哦，他并不需要太多，只是一点点的爱

In a better place 在一个更好的地方

In a better place 在一个更好的地方

   

Jamie's got a room in a 3-story brick home 杰米的有一个房间在3楼的砖家

Daddy makes a lotta money, mama keeps her laundry clean 爸爸让洛塔钱，妈妈把她的衣物清洁

And she's got a $200 Abercrombie outfit on 和她有上200美元的阿伯克龙比穿搭

Drives a brand new car that she got when she turned 16 驱动器，她得到了，当她转身16一个全新的汽车

Still she spends every night getting high with her so-called friends 尽管如此，她每天晚上花越来越高，她所谓的朋友

And she's dropping hundred dollar bills on quarterbags, says she's never coming down again 而她滴上quarterbags百元大钞，说她从来没有下来再

   

And she keeps looking for a better place 她一直在寻找一个更好的地方

Failing to realize how good she's got it made 未能实现有多好，她拿到了它制成

Her loving home, she don't appreciate 她热爱家乡，她不领情

Oh it's crazy but it's true, she doesn't have a clue 哦，这是疯狂的，但它是真实的，她没有线索

She's living in a better place 她生活在一个更好的地方

In a better place 在一个更好的地方

   

In a better place 在一个更好的地方

We're all lookin for a better place 我们都在追寻一个更美好的地方