Everything is slower here, everybody's got a union card 一切都慢在这里，每个人都得到了工会会员证

They get up on Sunday and go to church of their choice 他们得到了上周日去教堂自己选择的

Come back home cook out in the backyard 回家煮出来的后院

   

And they call this the Great Midwest 他们称此为中西部大

Where the cornfields row and flow 那里的玉米地排和流量

They're all 5 years ahead of their time 他们超前了所有5年

Or 25 behind, I just don't know 或25后面，我只是不知道

   

All the young men talk about their 4 wheel drives 所有的年轻人谈论他们的4轮驱动

And how much money they're gonna make on Friday night 多少钱他们会做出上周五晚

And, they like to brag about how they mistreat their girlfriends 而且，他们喜欢吹嘘他们如何虐待他们的女朋友

Hey, let's get drunk, party it up, start a fight 嘿，让我们醉了，聚会起来，开始战斗

   

And they call this the Great Midwest 他们称此为中西部大

Sure make a hell of a car 当然打个车的地狱

And the old hearts, they race their way through the night 和老的心，他们通过晚上的比赛方式

The upheaval of who they really are 他们到底是谁的动荡

   

Growin' up under normal conditions, television and radio 在正常情况下，电视和电台慢慢生长起来

That's just about all of this whole world 这只是这个世界的所有

That any of us get to see, get to know 那我们任何人能看到，结识

   

And they call this the Great Midwest 他们称此为中西部大

Where you sacrifice your body and soul 在这里你牺牲你的身体和灵魂

And no one really wants to get even 没有人真的想报复

Most of us find it hard enough just lettin' go 我们大多数人觉得它够硬刚释放Walking 去

   

Don't get me wrong I ain't complaining 不要误会我是不是在抱怨

I ain't braggin' nor do I mean to place blame 我是不是braggin “我也不是说把责任推

That's just the way things are around here 这只是事情的方式都是在这里

And there's a future carryin' my name on it 并有一个未来半途而废吧，你我的名字

Sayin' hey man, you gonna stick around here you better get on it 说嘿，伙计，你要坚持在这里你最好就可以了

If you're gonna stick around here you better make yourself some real good friends 如果你要留下来在这里，你最好让自己的一些真正的好朋友

   

Well I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth 嗯，我不是出生在我的富贵

So I can't talk about the big city life 所以，我不能谈论大城市生活

But if you wanna talk about bein' bored and runnin' 但是，如果你对贝因想谈谈“无聊飞奔

Away from yourself, hell I talk to you all night 远离自己，到底我跟​​你整夜

   

And they call this the Great Midwest 他们称此为中西部大

Where livin' is just gettin' by 凡活着只是刚开了由

And people trade in their happiness 而人们在交易他们的幸福

For a smokestack, a big money deal in the sky 对于一个烟囱，天空中的大资金交易