west texas

I can see the sky for miles
渺遠青空盡入眼簾
I can see that time so clear
彼時情景歷歷在目
When you told me forever
當你向我許諾永遠
Was a word that I should not fear
我本不該對此感到畏懼
I can see you driving and smoking
我看著你開著車漠然抽煙
Virginia Slims on the dash
儀錶盤上放著維珍妮牌香煙
On that day I was crying
那日我淚如雨下
You stopped the car looked back
你停下車背過身望著我
You said
你說
Boy get the message
男孩你可要明白
This ain't no New York City
這不是紐約城
Born and bred in West Texas
在西德克薩斯出生長大
Raised you to be different
使你注定與眾不同
No matter how it ends
不論一切以何而終
No matter all your sin
也無顧你所犯下的罪過
I hope you will understand
我只希望你能明白
When I leave you better be a good man
當我你離而去你最好悔過自新
I can see that house in the summer
那個夏日的往事記憶猶新
Baseball in the year
我們打著棒球
And when my knees got bloody
當我膝蓋磕碰得鮮血淋漓
You told me keep playing hard
你告訴我再接再厲
I remember mass on Sundays
我還記得周日必做的彌撒
Collared up to the ten
心中默數至十向天禱告
You were so d**n faithful
你的信仰總是如此堅實不移
Even if it all was a mess
哪怕生活已是一團亂麻
And in those years that we weren't speaking
那些年我們斷了聯繫
When I was drinking for some meaning
當我因故酗酒買醉
You called me on the phone and then you said
你打給了我並告訴我
Boy get the message
男孩你可要明白
This ain't no New York City
這不是紐約城
Born and bred in West Texas
在西德克薩斯出生長大
Raised you to be different
使你注定與眾不同
No matter how it ends
不論一切以何而終
No matter all your sin
也無顧你所犯下的罪過
I hope you will understand
我只希望你能明白
When I leave you better be a good man
當我你離而去你最好悔過自新
You better be a good man
你最好摒棄惡習開啟嶄新的人生
And it's so hard to imagine
難以想像
What I'll do without you here
若沒有你我該何去何從
As you gaze your eyes towards mine
當你與我四目相對
Tell me to wipe away those tears
並告訴我快擦去淚水
You say Jesus loves you
你說耶穌疼愛著你
Always will no matter what you've did
無論你的所作所為皆愛你如初
And in that moment I'm a kid again
那一刻我彷佛重回幼稚
You said
你說
Boy get the message
男孩你可要明白
This ain't no New York City
這不是紐約城
Born and bred in West Texas
在西德克薩斯出生長大
Raised you to be different
使你注定與眾不同
No matter how it ends
不論一切以何而終
No matter all your sin
也無顧你所犯下的罪過
I hope you will understand
我只希望你能明白
When I leave you better be a good man
當我你離而去你最好悔過自新
You better be a good man
你最好摒棄惡習開啟嶄新的人生