I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand 我是8岁，在我的手一角钱运行

Into the busstop 进入busstop

To pick up a paper for my old man 拿起一份文件，我的老男人

I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town 我坐在他的腿上中了巨大的老别克和引导，我们开车穿过小镇

He'd tousle my hair and say son take a good look around this is your hometown 他会tousle我的头发，说儿子好好看一看周围，这是你的家乡

Your hometown 你的家乡

This is your hometown 这是你的家乡

This is your hometown 这是你的家乡

   

In '65 tension was running high, at my high-school 在65紧张情绪高涨，在我高中

There was a lot of fights between the black and white 有很多黑色和白色之间的战斗

There was nothing you could do 有你可以做什么

Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the back seat there was a gun 两辆车在上周六晚上一盏灯，在后座上有一个枪

Words were passed, in a shotgun blast 也就是说获得通过，在猎枪爆炸

Troubled times had come, to my hometown 乱世来了，我的家乡

My hometown 我的家乡

My hometown 我的家乡

My hometown 我的家乡

   

Now Main Street's white washed windows 现在主街的白洗窗

And vacant stores 和空置的店铺

Seems like there ain't nobody 好像没有人

Wants to come down here no more 想要来这里没有更多的

They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks 他们倒闭的纺织厂跨越铁轨

Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown 福尔曼说，这些工作都将男孩，他们是不是又回到你的家乡

Your hometown 你的家乡

Your hometown 你的家乡

Your hometown 你的家乡

   

Last night me and Kate we laid in bed talking about getting out 昨天晚上我和凯特，我们躺在床上谈论失控

Packing up our bags maybe heading south 收拾我们的行李可能向南

I'm 35, we got a boy of our own now 我35岁，我们有我们自己的孩子了

Last night I sat him up, behind the wheel and said son take a good look around, this is your hometown 昨天晚上，我坐在他了，坐在方向盘后面，说儿子好好看一看周围，这是你的家乡