[Spoken:] [口语： ]

I guess it's no secret eh that I did a few years in San Quentin 我想这是诶，我在圣昆廷干了几年没有秘密

And on my release I noticed that a lot of different things had come to pass 和我释放我注意到了很多不同的事情已经成为过去

While I was out of circulation 我在外面流通

Like the girls dresses were shorter and the freeways were wider 喜欢的女孩的衣服都短，高速公路是更广泛

And the ole steam engines were gone forever 和OLE蒸汽机一去不复返

But the one thing I noticed most of all down through the San Joachin valley 但有一件事我在圣阿城山谷发现最重要的是下

Was the disapperance of so many labor camps 是这么多劳改营的disapperance

Where once I'd lived from time to time myself 凡有一次，我不时自己住

I noticed that that one there at Houston California was gone 我注意到一个有休斯顿加州不见了

And the ole crown's camp that lie between Formosa and Bakersfield 和OLE冠阵营在于台湾和贝克斯菲尔德之间

Was just a barren spot with a few cottonwood trees 只是有一些棉白杨一片荒芜点

And surrounded by an olive orchard 并通过橄榄园包围

Tho a few still remain like the ole blackburn's camp out on weepatch highway 寿数仍然像极了布莱克本的阵营出来weepatch高速公路

It was an evident fact that someone was tryin' to do away with them all 这是一个明显的事实，有人试着做掉他们所有的

And I couldn't help but wonder what's gonna happen to the farm workers 我不禁想知道什么是要发生的事给农场工人

And the fruit pickers who move from town to town 和水果采摘谁在城镇移动

The man with the big family who can't afford the ole high standard of livin' 该名男子的大家庭谁不能活着的OLE高标准“

And was these thoughts and my mem'ries that inspired me to write this song 而正是这些想法和我的memries启发我写这首歌曲

   

[Sang:] [桑： ]

I came back to this ole town cause my home was here 我回到了这个小镇的OLE引起我的家在这里

And to try to find some things I'd left behind 并试图找到一些东西，我会留下来

Tho' I've only been away for just a few short years 寿我只走了短短几年

But I'd forgot about the pace of modern times. 不过我倒是忘了现代化时代的步伐。

   

I saw changes all around me and some were good 我看到的所有变化我周围还有一些是好的

But I hardly recognized my side of town 但是，我几乎认不出我身边的镇

They tore down the swingin' casing from the cottowood 他们拆毁了荡秋千外壳从cottowood

And that tree was all that marked familar ground. 而这棵树是所有标地听，说能力。

   

Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down 哦，他们，撕裂的劳改营下来

And I feel a little sentimental shame 我觉得有点伤感的耻辱

Where's a hungry man gonna live at in this town 那里是一个饥饿的人会住在这个小镇

Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down. 哦，他们，撕裂的劳改营下来。

   

[Instrumental] [器乐]

   

The Hilltop family market had been moved somewhere 山顶家庭市场已经搬到什么地方

And the name was changed to fit the newer homes 并更名为适应新家园

The folks that I remember were no longer there 我记得人们不再有

And the cabin that my daddy built was gone. 而我的爸爸建造的小屋不见了。

   

Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down 哦，他们，撕裂的劳改营下来

And I feel a little sentimental shame 我觉得有点伤感的耻辱

Where's a hungry man gonna live at in this town 那里是一个饥饿的人会住在这个小镇

Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down. 哦，他们，撕裂的劳改营下来。

   

They're tearin' the labor camps down 他们，撕裂的劳改营下来

And I feel a little sentimental shame 我觉得有点伤感的耻辱

Where's a hungry man gonna live at in this town 那里是一个饥饿的人会住在这个小镇

Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down... 哦，他们，撕裂的劳改营下来...