Well they finally put that red light up in the heart of town 那么，他们终于把那件红色的光在小镇的心脏

Took the stop sign down, it was shot up anyhow 把站牌下，有人出手了，无论如何

One night I ran right through it in my Chevrolet 一天晚上，我通过它在我的雪佛兰右跑

Both police cars came, but I got away 无论是警车来了，但我跑了

   

It was a boomtown back in'62, 'til the coal ran out 这是一个新兴城市回in'62 ， “直到煤用完了

And a drought came through, and they dammed the river 和干旱都挺过来了，他们筑坝的河流

That we all used to fish 我们都用来养鱼

Population 405 and I made it 404 one night 人口405我和它404一晚

And left the city limit sign layin' in the ditch 离开了城市的限速标志开始裁员，在沟

Run plumb over it, leavin' Metropolis 运行铅垂过吧，再走都市报

   

Well, I found myself in a big high-rise with a concrete yard 好吧，我发现自己在一个大高楼与一个具体的院子

It ain't safe after dark, guess this ol' boy drove too far 这不是天黑后安全，猜测这醇'男孩开车太远

Met a girl, fell in love, got married and she's due in May 遇到一个女孩，相恋，结婚，她五月的原因

Says we're gonna need more space, I said I know just the place 说我们会需要更多的空间，我说我只知道这个地方

   

Where we can walk down to the country store 在这里我们可以步行到乡村商店

And we won't even have to lock our door 我们甚至不会有锁我们的门

We can still get air and water there for free 我们仍然可以得到空气和水在那里免费

She said that sounds good to me 她说，听起来很不错

   

It was a boomtown back in '62, 'til the coal ran out 这是一个新兴城市早在62年， “直到煤用完了

And a drought came through, and they dammed the river 和干旱都挺过来了，他们筑坝的河流

That we all used to fish 我们都用来养鱼

Poupulation 404 and when we pull in it'll be 3 more Poupulation 404 ，当我们拉它会是3个

And there's a city limit sign layin' in the ditch 还有的在沟里城市限速标志开始裁员

That I need to fix, back in Metropolis 我需要修复，早在大都市

I'm almost in Metropolis 我几乎在都市

And I'm back in Metropolis 而我回到都市