Maps

Make this part look rugged
把这块涂得崎岖
Mmm-mmm
嗯...嗯...
Allegheny plateau
阿勒格尼高原
This dark shaded stripe
这个黑影条纹
Bum bum bum
嘭嘭嘭
Is the front
在前方
Paint the long ridges
画出长长的山脉
And valleys below
和下面的山谷
Mmm-mmm
嗯...嗯...
Our town is this dot
这个点是我们的城镇

快速的线条标出地域的边界
Quick dashes mark the property ends
小溪滩
Beach creek
道路蜿蜒又回转
A road that turns and bends
小方块是房屋
Little squares for houses
栓在路旁
Strung along roads
土地变形
The land transfigured
成为地图上的代码
Into topographic codes
地图展现的简单又真实
Maps show you what is simple and true
试着鸟瞰整张图
Try laying out a bird's eye view
不是他所讲
Not what he told you
只是你所见
Just what you see
你怎么知道
What do you know
那不是你爸爸的故事集
That's not your dad's mythology
爸爸出生在农场
Dad was born on this farm
这是我们家
Here's our house
这是他死的地方
Here's the spot where he died
我能画一个圈
I can draw a circle
他活在里面
His whole life fits inside
离我们家门四英里
Four miles from our door
80号公路从岸边走到岸边
I-80 ran from shore to shore
从卡斯特罗
On its way from the Castro
到克里斯托弗大街
To Christopher Street
那条未选择的路
The road not taken
离我们家门只有四英里
Just four miles from our door
你出生在农场
You were born on this farm
这是我们家
Here's our house
这是你死的地方
Here's the spot where you died
我能画一个圈
I can draw a circle
我能画一个圈
I can draw a circle
你一生活在里面
You lived your life inside