Of all the stupid things I could have thought 所有的愚蠢的事情，我可以想到

This was the worst 这是最坏的

I started to believe 我开始相信，

That I was born at seventeen 我出生在17

And all the stupid things 和所有的蠢事

The letters and the broken verse 这些信件和破碎的诗句

Stayed hidden at the bottom of the drawer 沉祥福藏在抽屉底部

They'd always been 他们会一直

And now I plough through piles 现在我通过桩犁

Of bills, receipts and credit cards 账单，收据和信用卡

And tickets and the Daily News 和门票和每日经济新闻

And sometimes I just 有时我只是

   

Wanna go back to my home town 想回到我的家乡

Though I know it'll never be the same 虽然我知道它永远不会是相同的

Back to my home town 回到我的家乡

'Cause it's been so long “因为这是这么久

And I'm wondering if it's still there 我想知道，如果它仍然存在

   

We think we're pretty smart 我们认为我们是很聪明

Us city slickers get around 我们城里人出行

And when the going's rough 而当去的粗糙

We kill the pain and relocate 我们杀死的痛苦和重新定位

We're never married 我们从未结婚

Never faithful not to any town 从来没有忠实于任何小镇

But we never leave the past behind 但我们从来没有把过去落后

We just accumulate 我们只是积累

So sometimes when the music stops 所以有时候，当音乐停止

I seem to hear a distant sound 我仿佛听到一个遥远的声音

Of waves and seagulls 海浪和海鸥

Football crowds and church bells 足球人群和教堂的钟声

And I 我

   

Wanna go back to my home town 想回到我的家乡

Though I know it'll never be the same 虽然我知道它永远不会是相同的

Back to my home town 回到我的家乡

'Cause it's been so long “因为这是这么久

And I'm wondering if it's still there 我想知道，如果它仍然存在

   

Back to my home town 回到我的家乡

Though I know it'll never be the same 虽然我知道它永远不会是相同的

Back to my home town 回到我的家乡

'Cause it's been so long “因为这是这么久

And I'm wondering if it's still there 我想知道，如果它仍然存在