In a southern town where I was born 在一个江南小镇我出生的地方

That's where I got my education 这就是我得到了我的教育

I worked in the fields and I walked in the woods 我曾在田里，我在树林里走了

And I wondered at creation. 我想知道在创作。

   

I recall the sun in a sky of blue 我记得太阳在蓝色的天空

And the smell of green things growin' 和绿色的东西的气味慢慢生长

And the seasons chang'd and I lived each day 和季节changd ，我的每一天生活

Just the way the wind was blowin'. 就在风中飘荡的方式“ 。

   

Then I heard of a cultured city life 然后，我听到了一个培养城市生活

Breath takin' lofty steeples 呼吸羚牛崇高的尖塔

And the day I called myself a man 而那一天我打电话给我的人

I left my land and my people. 我离开了我的土地和我的人民。

   

And I rambled north and I rambled east 我天马行空北部和我这么漫无目的地东

And I tested and I tasted 我测试过，我尝到

And a girl or two, took me round and round 而一个或两个女孩，把我团团转

But they always left me wasted. 但他们总是给我留下浪费。

   

In a world that's all concrete and steel 在这个世界的所有混凝土和钢

With nothin' green ever growin' 与虚无“绿色有史以来慢慢生长

Where the buildings hide the risin' sun 凡建筑隐藏RISIN 阳光

And they blocked the free winds from blowin. 他们从吹阻挡自由的风。

   

Where you sleep all day and you wake all night 你在哪里睡了一整天，你醒了一夜

To a world of drink and laughter 喝酒，欢笑的世界

I met that girl that I was sure would be 我遇到了那个女孩，我肯定会

The one that I was after. 一，我是后。

   

In a soft blue gown and formal tux 在柔和的蓝色礼服和正式的晚礼服

Beneath that lofty steeple 下面是崇高的尖顶

He said, "Do you Barbara, take this man, 他说， “你真真，拿这个男人，

Will you be one of his people?" 你会是他的人了吗？“

   

And she said, "I will." and she said, "I do." 她说， “我会的。 ”她说， “我做的。 ”

And the world looked mighty pretty 与世界仿佛都相当

And we lived in a fancy downtown flat 我们住在一家豪华的市中心平

'Cause she loved the noisy city. 因为她爱喧闹的城市。

   

But the days grew cold beneath a yellow sky 但日内下方的黄色天空顿时冷

And I longed for green things growin' 我渴望绿色的东西慢慢生长

And the thoughts of home and the people there 和家的思念和那里的人

But she'd not agreed to goin'. 但她没有答应要去。

   

Then her hazel eyes turned away from me 然后她淡褐色的眼睛从我转身就走

With a look that wasn't pretty 一看，这不是很

And she turned into concrete and steel 她变成了混凝土和钢筋

And she said, "I'll take the city." 她说： “我要这个城市。 ”

   

Now the cars go by on the interstate 现在的汽车在州际公路上走了

And my pack is on my shoulder 而我的包是我的肩膀上

But I'm goin' home, where I belong 但我要去的家，属于我的地方

Much wiser now and older. 变得更聪明，现在和老年人。