Usually take one last pass through town
习惯性地,再绕小镇一圈
Stop the car and touch the ground
停车驻足,触碰这片土地
Watch those streetlights swayin' in the breeze
凝望着风中摇曳的街灯
Decorated store fronts
那些装点过的店面
Rusty old gas pumps
锈迹斑驳的旧油泵
Try to fill my mind up
试图填满我的脑海
With somethin' before I go
在我离去前,留下些什么
Picture postcard memories
如明信片般珍贵的回忆
You know they always make for good company
你知道它们总是最好的陪伴
I don't know no town
我不知道有哪个小镇
Like the old town
能像那座旧城一样
Even when the miles are many
即使相隔万里之遥
I feel like I'm still around
我仍感觉近在咫尺
Deep inside me
深深烙印在我心
Like rings through an oak tree
如橡树的年轮般深刻
Yeah there something 'bout a Sunday when I'm gone
是啊 周日时分 即便我不在
That keeps me turning home
那指引我归家的方向
I'm standin' here beneath these billboard lights
我伫立在霓虹灯下
Takes me back to those autumn nights
带我重回那些秋夜
Hometown bleachers packed real tight
家乡的看台总是座无虚席
As we marched down the field
我们曾并肩走过球场
My feet would swing from a dropped tailgate
我曾坐在敞开的后车厢 晃荡着双脚
Out on Airport Road real late
在机场路边,夜深人静
No one could walk a line too straight
谁也无法永远走直线
We usually made it home alright
我们总能平安回到家
And glory days I cant re-live
那些辉煌岁月,我已无法重温
Stories I'll never forget
那些故事,我将永志不忘
And I don't know no friends
如今我再也找不到知己
Like the old friends
如当年那些老友一般
I never seem to laugh now
如今我仿佛再也无法尽情欢笑
Like I did with them
就像当年与他们在一起时那般
But deep inside me
然而在我心底深处
A piece of history
仍存一段旧时光
Yeah I hear their voices even though they're gone
啊 我仍能听见他们的声音 尽管他们已远去
And it keeps me turning home
它引我心归故里
Never twice the same way does it start
每次开始都不同以往
And sure enough she stole my heart
果然 她就这样偷走了我的心
On the old gym floor spinnin' round and round one night
那夜在旧体育馆的地板上 不停旋转
And though we both tried hard to wait
尽管我们都曾努力等待
We sure did love the taste
我们曾深爱那滋味
Of the sweet love being made and prayin' I got it right
甜蜜爱意交织时 我虔诚祈愿一切如愿
Graduation came and went
毕业时光悄然流逝
Along with all the time we spent
连同我们共度的所有时光
And I don't know no love
我不曾知晓有何种爱
Like the first love
能如初恋那般
When I think about the best times
每当我追忆最美时光
She's the one I think of
她总是第一个浮现心上
Deep inside me
深深烙印在我心
All though the taste is bittersweet
纵然滋味苦乐参半
I see her smilin' even though she's gone
虽然她已离去 我仍能看见她的笑容
And it keeps me turning home yeah
这让我不断想回家 是的
And it keeps me turning home
它引我心归故里