I went driving through my old hometown 我经历了我的老家开车

It was Thursday the bright sun on the horizon 周四是灿烂的阳光在地平线上

I was surprised to see no one had burned it down 我很惊讶地看到没有人把它烧了下来

It seemed so peaceful and warm 它显得那么宁静和温暖

   

Floods of memories came back to me 回忆洪水回来找我

All the things we got away with when we were younger 所有的事情，我们跑了，当我们年轻有

And I felt kind of like a refugee 我觉得有点像难民

Like a scattered pile of leaves in a storm 像散落一堆树叶在风暴

   

Peaceful memory like lights on a Christmas tree 宁静的记忆就像圣诞树上的灯

Every hometown should be peaceful and warm 每个乡应该是和平的，温暖的

Every father mother sister brother friend of the family 每个家庭的爸爸妈妈姐姐哥哥的朋友

Peaceful and warm 安宁和温暖

   

Somehow now and then didn't seem to blend 不知怎的，然后现在似乎没有融合

'Till a farmer plowing his field waved hello 直到一个农民耕种田地挥手打招呼

Another working man doing the best he can 另一种工作的人做的最好的，他可以

I hope he is peaceful and warm 我希望他是安宁和温暖

   

Peaceful memory plows in the green field sea 在绿色领域的大海宁静的内存犁

Every hometown should be peaceful and warm 每个乡应该是和平的，温暖的

Every father mother sister brother friend of the family 每个家庭的爸爸妈妈姐姐哥哥的朋友

Peaceful and warm 安宁和温暖

   

On the Kansas banks of the Muddy Mo' 在泥泞的莫堪萨斯银行

I threw rocks in the river and dreamed of running away 我在河边扔石头和梦想逃跑

In a wind of change only a father knows 在变化的风力只有父亲知道

In a world so hectic so cold 在这个世界上繁忙的那么冷

I guess my old hometown's kinda dead and gone 我想我的老故乡还挺死了

Miss the sign on I-29 and you blow right by 错过了标志的I -29和你吹向右

But it's a place I can go remember where I come from 但它是一个地方，我可以去记得我来自哪里

It will help me keep me peaceful and warm 这会帮助我让我安宁和温暖

   

Peaceful memory the only thing that's free 和平内存的唯一的东西，是免费的

Take them and try to be peaceful and warm 带他们，努力成为安宁和温暖

Every father mother sister brother friend of the family 每个家庭的爸爸妈妈姐姐哥哥的朋友

Peaceful peaceful and warm 和平安宁和温暖