She was something in her formative years 她的东西在她的成长期

She'd hide her accent, it would reappear 她想掩饰自己的口音，这将再次出现

When she would brag on what Daddy Bought last night 当她想炫耀什么爸爸买了昨晚

Only pretty girls were in that crowd 只有漂亮的女孩在人群中

They'd tease a handful of poor kids out loud 他们会戏弄了一把可怜的孩子们大声

And even then I knew it wasn't right 即使如此，我知道这是不对的

   

Smoke rises, 烟往上冒，

You were never kind 你从来样

Good news, 好消息，

I've left you all behind 我已经离开了你一切的背后

Some who 有些谁

Hoped that it would last 希望这将持续

Smoke rise, I'm glad you're in my past 烟雾升起，我很高兴你在我的过去

   

Most of the kids were better than me 比我大多数的孩子们更好地

Or at least they thought so, 或者至少他们是这么认为的，

And it was plain to see ，这是显而易见的

That children are cruel 儿童是残酷的

And I didn't have a fighting chance 我没有一个战斗的机会

I wasn't a jock, I wasn't a brain 我不是个运动员，我不是脑

We weren't well-off and Mama couldn't explain 我们并不宽裕和妈妈无法解释

Why no one would take a poor boy to the dance 为什么没有人会拿一个贫穷的小男孩跳舞

   

Smoke rises, 烟往上冒，

You were never kind 你从来样

Good news, 好消息，

I've left you all behind 我已经离开了你一切的背后

Some who, 有些谁，

Hoped that it would last 希望这将持续

Smoke rise, I'm glad you're in my past 烟雾升起，我很高兴你在我的过去

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Those bold rich kids find it hard to embrace 这些大胆的富家子弟觉得很难接受

When they bus black kids in from all over the place 当他们的黑车中的孩子来自全国各地的地方

The county tried to prove their schools were all the same 全县试图证明他们的学校都是相同的

Old Jim Crow tried to integrate 老黑人试图整合

But in the South its hard to relate 但在南方它很难与

When Grandpa used the n-word with no shame 当爷爷用过N个字，没有羞耻

   

Oh, Smoke rises, 哦，烟雾升起，

You were never kind 你从来样

Good news, 好消息，

I've left you all behind 我已经离开了你一切的背后

Some who, 有些谁，

Hoped that it would last 希望这将持续

Smoke rise, I'm glad you're in my past 烟雾升起，我很高兴你在我的过去