Grew up on a tightrope, learned to smile 长大了的钢索上，学会微笑

Even when I was falling down 即使当我跌倒

Daddy had a hard hand and Mama always had hope 爸爸有一个硬手，妈妈总是有希望

And me and my sister couldn't wait to get out 我和我姐姐就迫不及待地离开

Fell in love out of college 爱上了学

Good man but a bad year 好男人，但糟糕的一年

Visions of sugarplums and boxes of roses sugarplums的愿景和玫瑰花盒

All my girlfriends cried and I was outta here 我所有的女朋友哭了，我离开这里

   

Oh, whoa, everybody's dreaming big 哦，哇，每个人都梦想着大

Oh, whoa, but everybody's just getting by 哦，哇，但每个人都刚开了

That's how it goes in everyday America 这是怎么一回事呢在美国的日常生活

A little town and a great big life 小城镇和一个伟大的大生活

   

Joey stares at a trophy 乔伊盯着奖杯

Took us all the way to state back in '85 把我们所有的声明早在85年的路

A shining moment and a dusty reminder 闪亮的时刻，一个尘土飞扬的提醒

He never felt so scared, he never felt so alive 他从未感到如此害怕，他从来不觉得这样活着

Now there's toys in the backyard 现在有在后院玩具

Daddy's boys, yeah, you know how they like to fight 爸爸的男孩，是的，你知道他们怎么样打

When they sleep, he swears they're angels 当他们睡觉时，他发誓他们是天使

He wouldn't trade a day for all those Friday nights 他不会所有的周五晚上的交易日

   

Oh, whoa, everybody's dreaming big 哦，哇，每个人都梦想着大

Oh, whoa, but everybody's just getting by 哦，哇，但每个人都刚开了

That's how it goes in everyday America 这是怎么一回事呢在美国的日常生活

A little town and a great big life 小城镇和一个伟大的大生活

   

We can laugh, we can cry 我们可以笑，可以哭

We're all just looking for the reasons why 我们都只是在寻找原因

In a place of dark can we see the light 在黑暗的地方，我们可以看到光

Either way it'll be alright 无论哪种方式，它会好起来的

   

Oh, whoa, everybody's dreaming big 哦，哇，每个人都梦想着大

Oh, whoa, but everybody's just getting by 哦，哇，但每个人都刚开了

That's how it goes in everyday America 这是怎么一回事呢在美国的日常生活

A little town and a great big life 小城镇和一个伟大的大生活

   

Oh, whoa, everybody's dreaming big 哦，哇，每个人都梦想着大

Oh, whoa, but everybody's just getting by 哦，哇，但每个人都刚开了

That's how it goes in everyday America 这是怎么一回事呢在美国的日常生活

A little town and a great big life 小城镇和一个伟大的大生活

A little town and a great big life 小城镇和一个伟大的大生活

   

A little town and a great big life 小城镇和一个伟大的大生活