The Big Country
大國大鄉
I see the shapes
我看見形狀浮現
I remember from maps
我想起地圖某頁
I see the shoreline
我看見海岸
I see the whitecaps
我看見銀白浪尖
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A baseball diamond
棒球場沙坑
Nice weather down there
真是晴朗的一天
I see the school
我看見校園
And the houses where the kids are
還有孩子們住的平房
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Places to park
車子可以停靠
By the factories and buildings
在工廠和大樓附近
Restaurants and bars
餐廳還有酒吧
For later in the evening
讓大家晚上聚一聚
Then we come to the farmlands
然後我們還去到田野
And the undeveloped areas
以及尚未開發的地方
And I have learned
我已經懂了
How these things work together
這一切是怎麼運作的
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I see the parkway
我看見林蔭路面
That passes through them all
將所有地點接通
And I have learned
我已經懂了
How to look at these things
如何看待這些事情
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(and I say)
(我得說)
I wouldn't live there if you paid me
就算你付錢，我也不搬進去
I wouldn't live like that, no siree
我不過那種生活，絕對不願意
I wouldn't do the things the way those people do
我不會那樣做事情，再走那些人的老路
I wouldn't live there if you paid me to
就算你付錢，我也不去住
I guess it's healthy
我猜對健康有益
I guess the air is clean
我猜空氣很清新
I guess those people
我猜那裡的居民
Have fun with their neighbors and friends
很開心能和鄰居朋友見面
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Look at that kitchen
看廚房在烹煮
And all of that food
那些豐盛食物
Look at them eat it
看他們吃下肚
I guess it tastes real good
我猜嚐起來很滿足
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They grow it in those farmlands
他們耕種那些農田
Then they bring it to the store
再送去店鋪販售
They put it in the car trunk
他們放進去後車廂
Then they bring it back home
親自帶回家裡餐桌
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(and I say)
(我得說)
I wouldn't live there if you paid me
就算你付錢，我也不搬進去
I wouldn't live like that, no siree
我不過那種生活，絕對不願意
I wouldn't do the things the way those people do
我不會那樣做事情，再走那些人的老路
I wouldn't live there if you paid me to
就算你付錢，我也不去住
I'm tired of looking
我受夠了盯著風景
Out the window of the airplane
透過飛機的窗邊座位
I'm tired of traveling
我受夠了總是在旅行
I want to be somewhere
我想要有個落腳點
And it's not even worth talking
我懶得再繼續說下去
About those people down there
討論底下的平凡人類
