I was born on the north side of a Midwestern town 我出生在美国中西部小镇的北边

There were nine of us living in a three bedroom house 有住在一套三居室的房子我们九

Didn't have much money 没有太多的钱

But we made due 但我们作出了应有的

'Cause Momma worked all day long [因为妈妈的工作整天

And Daddy did too 和爸爸做了太

Did all they could 他们竭尽所能

Made sure we had clothes and food 确保我们有衣服和食物

Went to public schools and we 去公立学校，我们

Followed public rules 其次是公共规则

We used second hand books, but oh 我们使用二手书，但哦

I didn't mind the books 我并不介意书

Momma taught us early in life 妈妈早给我们的生活

Everybody's gotta struggle sometime 每个人的得奋斗一段时间

   

Bring back those simple times of yesterday 把昨天带回来的那些简单的倍

When a man was a man 当一个人是一个人

And a friend was a friend 和一个朋友是我的朋友

Bring back those simple times of yesterday 把昨天带回来的那些简单的倍

When you said what you meant 当你说你是什么意思

And you meant what you said 和你的意思是你说的话

   

Had a friend named Bobby 有一个朋友叫鲍比

Who always kept his word 谁总是食言

We went through schoolyard fights 我们通过校园打架去了

Had a thing for pretty girls 有对漂亮姑娘的事

Didn't cost much money to 没花多少钱

See the picture show 看到图片展示

So we hopped the bus into town 因此，我们跳上车进城

That's where all the girlies used to go 这就是所有的girlies以前去

Fifty cents would buy us popcorn for two 五毛会买我们的爆米花两

'Cause Bobby's girl, she worked there “原因Bobby的女孩，她在那里工作

And sometimes she'd break the rules 有时她会打破规则

Picnics in the summer 在夏季野餐

Wouldn't wake up 'till noon 会不会醒来到中午

And even though Bobby's gone now 而且即使Bobby的现在没有了

I can still hear him laugh 我仍然能听到他笑

In the middle of June 在六月中旬

   

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Sometimes I sit, I wonder 有时我坐，我不知道

I reminisce, I think of all the good times í回忆，我认为所有的好时光

That we had in our lives 我们有我们的生活

Sometimes I can't get over 有时候，我不能克服

How wonderful those days were 多么美好的日子

Back in our lives 早在我们的生活中

Simple days for simple times 简单的时间简单的日子

   

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