I want to tell you about my hometown 我想给大家介绍一下我的家乡

It's a dusty old jewel in the South Puget Sound 这是一个尘封的宝石在南普吉特海湾

Well the factories churn and the timbers all cut down 以及工厂流失和木料都砍掉

And life goes by slow in Tacoma 而生命的流逝在塔科马慢

   

People they laugh when they hear you're from my town 他们笑，当他们听到你的人从我镇是

They say it's a sour and used up all place 他们说，这是一个又酸又用完了所有的地方

I defended its honor, shrugged off the put downs í捍卫自己的荣誉，摆脱看跌起伏

You know that you're poor, from Tacoma 你知道你是可怜的，从塔科马

   

Buildings are empty like ghettos or ghost-towns 建筑是空的像贫民区或鬼镇

It gives me a chill to think what was inside 它给了我一个冷思考里面是什么

I can't seem to fathom the dark of my history 我似乎无法捉摸我的历史的黑暗

I invented my own in Tacoma 我发明我自己在塔科马

   

There was nothing to put me in love with the good life 没有什么可以让我喜欢上了好生活

I'm in league with the the gangs guns, and the crime 我在联赛中与黑帮枪，犯罪

There was no hollow promise that life would reward you 没有空洞的承诺，生命就会奖励你

There was nowhere to hide in Tacoma 有无处塔科马隐藏

   

People who built it they loved it like I do 人谁建造了他们喜欢像我这样做

There was hope in the trainyard of something inspired 有希望在的东西激发了trainyard

Once was I on it, but it's been painted shut 一旦被我的钱，但它被漆成关闭

I found passion for life in Tacoma 我发现在塔科马对生命的热爱

   

Well I don't make it home much, I sadly neglect you 好吧，我不让它回家了，我伤心地忽视你

But that's how you like it away from the world 但是，这是你如何从世界喜欢走

God bless California, make way for the Wal-Mart 上帝保佑美国加州，让位给沃尔玛

I hope they don't find you Tacoma 我希望他们不找你塔科马