This used to be a one horse town 这曾经是一个马镇

But the pony went away 但小马走了

Ended up in China ‘cause 结束了在中国的事业

They make it cheaper there they say 他们把它更便宜的还有他们说

   

The store fronts all are empty 该店面都是空的

And the factory is dead 而工厂已经死了

And these streets I used to walk on 而这些街道上，我用走的

Well now they’re just my bed 现在好了，他们只是我的床

   

And I’m going down, down, down 我要去下来，下来，下来

I’m going down 我要下去

   

Did a couple years of college 做了几年大学

But I just couldn’t make it stick 但我就是不能让坚持下来

Had to come back here and help mamma 只好回到这里，并帮助妈妈

Because daddy left when she got sick 因为爸爸离开的时候，她生病了

   

She worked very day for nothing 她工作非常的日子没什么

Until she turned 62 直到她转身62

And the same day that I buried her 而在同一天，我把她葬

The bank foreclosed on her house too 银行法拍她的房子太

   

That’s my American dream 这是我的美国梦

And I’ve been all that I can be 我一直都认为我能成为

With nothing left to lose at all 有没有什么可以失去的一切

I guess I’m free 我想我自由

That’s my American dream, dream, dream 这是我的美国梦，梦，梦

That’s my American dream 这是我的美国梦

   

Now I stand here at this off ramp 现在，我站在这里，在这个匝道关闭

And smile as best I can 和微笑，尽我所能

With a sign that says Jesus loves you 一个牌子，上面写着耶稣爱你

But it’s hard to think he gives a damn 但很难相信他给出了一个该死的

   

When they roll down their windows 当他们摇下窗户

And put some spare change in my hand 并把一些零钱拿在手中

But I’d give it all right back 但我给它的所有右后卫

To just be looked at like a man 只是要看着像个男人

   

And I’m going down, down, down 我要去下来，下来，下来

I’m going down 我要下去

   

When it’s cold I try the mission 天冷时我尝试的使命

On nights like this I sleep outside 在这样的夜晚我睡外面

Under a bridge beside the interstate 在州际公路旁的桥梁

Where I can hear those trucks roll by 我在哪里可以听到这些卡车通过滚

   

And imagine I’m inside one 想象我里面1

Just rolling down the road 只是奔驰在道路上

But I wake up just to realise 但我醒来只是为了实现

That this place is now my home 这个地方现在是我的家

   

That’s my American dream 这是我的美国梦

And I’ve been all that I can be 我一直都认为我能成为

With nothing left to lose at all 有没有什么可以失去的一切

I guess I’m free 我想我自由

That’s my American dream 这是我的美国梦

It disappeared in front of me 它消失在我眼前

With nothing left to lose at all 有没有什么可以失去的一切

I guess I’m free 我想我自由

That’s my American dream, dream, dream 这是我的美国梦，梦，梦

It’s my American dream 这是我的美国梦