Now I grew up down an old dirt road
我在肮脏的路边长大
In a town you wouldn't know
一个你不知道的小镇
My pop's picked the place up for fifteen hundred bucks
我是被捡回来的
Back in 1964
回到1964
My grandfather was a drinker
我的祖父是一个酒鬼
Back in the day he put 'em down
整天酗酒
But a war is known to change a man
但是战争改变了一个男人
And the whiskey's known to change a man
威士忌也可以改变一个男人
That's not me
那不是我
I rarely drink from the bottle
我很少喝酒
But I'll smoke a little **
但我会抽一点烟
I still live in the sticks where you wouldn't go
我仍然住在你不会去的地方
In a town of twelve hundred off an old dirt road
一千二百年历史的小镇 古老的土路
And a country boy is all I'll ever be
我是乡村男孩
Now its been twelve years since I sold my soul
已经十二年了 自从我出卖我的灵魂
To the devil in L A
给在洛杉矶的魔鬼
He said sign your name here on the dotted line
他让我在虚线上签名
And your songs they all will play
他们会唱你的歌
He setup shop on sunset
他成立了乐队
He put me up at the Marquis
给我艺名 马奎斯
He said you wanna sell a million records boy
他说如果你想卖一百万专辑
You better listen to me
最好听我的话
He said change your style
他说要改变我的风格
Whiten your smile
美化我的微笑
You could lose a couple of pounds
你会失去自我
You wanna live this life
你想过上这样的生活
You better lose that wife
你最好放弃你的妻子
Do you need your friends around
你需要你朋友的支持
I said no that's not me
我说不行 那不是我
Cause the biggest things in life
因为人生最大的事情
Are your friends and family
就是你的朋友和家人
And I like my jeans and my old t-shirts
我喜欢我的牛仔裤和我的旧T恤
And a couple extra pounds never really hurt
我从未真正受伤害
Cause a country boy is all I'll ever be
因为我是乡村男孩
Cause Hank taught me just how to stay alive
因为汉克教我如何生存
You'll never catch me out the house without my 9 or 45
你永远不会把我骗出房间
I got a big orange tractor and a diesel truck
我有一个大型橙色拖拉机和柴油卡车
My idea of heaven's chasin' whitetail bucks
我理想中的生活是追逐平静
And as a country boy you know I can survive
作为一个乡村男孩 你知道我会幸存的
Now two flags fly above my land
现在我的祖国有两面旗子
That really sum up how I feel
那真的道出了我的感觉
One is the colors that fly high and proud
一面是高空飞扬代表自豪
The red the white the blue
富有激情 纯洁 高尚
The other one's got a rattlesnake
另一面有一条响尾蛇
With a simple statement made
一个简单的含义
"Don't Tread On Me" is what it says
不要践踏我 是它的主题
And I'll take that to my grave
我会铭记那些直到死亡
Because this is me
因为这是我
I'm proud to be American and strong in my beliefs
我很荣幸成为一个美国人 有种强烈的信念
And I've said it before but I'll say it again
我说过但是我会再说一遍
Cause I've never needed government to hold my hand
因为我从没有让政府来支援我
And I've said it before but I'll say it again
我说过但是我会再说一遍
Cause my family's always fought and died to save this land
因为我的家人总是用战斗和牺牲来拯救这片土地
And a country boy is all I'll ever be
我是乡村男孩