Old tin roof, leaves in the gutter 旧的铁皮屋顶，树叶在阴沟里

A hole in the screen door big as your fist 一个洞，纱门大如拳头

And flies on the butter 飞的黄油

   

Mama baking sugar cookies, we were watching cartoons 妈妈烤糖饼干，我们一起看动画片

I heard her holler from the kitchen 我听到她的叫喊从厨房

"Which one of you youngen's wants to lick the spoon?" “哪一个你youngen的想舔勺子？ ”

   

Yellow jackets on the watermelon, honeysuckle in the air 黄色夹克上的西瓜，金银花在空中

Daddy turning on the sprinkler 爸爸打开洒水

Us kids running through it in our underwear 通过在我们的内衣运行我们的孩子

   

Old dog napping on the front porch, his ear just a twitching 老狗午睡的前廊，他的耳朵只是个跳动

Fell asleep on granddaddy's lap 睡着了祖父的腿上

To the sound of his pocket watch ticking 他的怀表滴答的声音

   

Oh, oh, it doesn't seem like it was all that long ago 哦，哦，它似乎并不像这一切都是很久以前

Oh, oh, you can dream about it every now and then 哦，哦，你可以梦想一下飘飞

But you can't go home again 但是你不能再回家

   

Me and my best friend Jenny set up a backyard camp 我和我最好的朋友珍妮成立了后院阵营

Stole one of mama's mason jars 偷一个妈妈的石匠罐子

Poked holes in the lid and made a firefly lamp 戳在盖孔，并提出了萤火虫灯

   

Me and Billy Monroe, sneaking down by the river 我和比利·梦露，偷偷倒在河边

I'm still haunted by the taste of the kiss 我仍然被吻的味道萦绕

I was too scared to give him 我太害怕给他

   

Oh, oh, it doesn't seem like it was all that long ago 哦，哦，它似乎并不像这一切都是很久以前

Oh, oh, you can dream about it every now and then 哦，哦，你可以梦想一下飘飞

But you can't go home again 但是你不能再回家

   

There's a blacktop road, a faded yellow centerline 有一个柏油路，一个褪了色的黄色中心线

It can take you back to the place 它可以带你回到的地方

But it can't take you back in time 但它不能带你回到过去

   

Oh, oh, it doesn't seem like it was all that long ago 哦，哦，它似乎并不像这一切都是很久以前

Oh, oh, you can dream about it every now and then 哦，哦，你可以梦想一下飘飞

But you can't go home again 但是你不能再回家

   

Old tin roof, leaves in the gutter 旧的铁皮屋顶，树叶在阴沟里

A hole in the screen door big as your fist 一个洞，纱门大如拳头

And flies on the butter 飞的黄油