Grand daddy used to take me
[Nenekku biasa membawaku]
Down town to the kinneys
[Ke pusat kota ke tempat barbershop]
That's where all the old men go to reminisce
[Di situlah semua lelaki tua pergi untuk mengenang]
Ramble on about history dust off some old stories
[Bercerita tentang sejarah dan mengingat kembali cerita lama]
Look back at the life they've come to miss
[Memandang kembali kehidupan yang telah mereka rindukan]
I swear sometimes I can almost see
[Aku bersumpah kadang-kadang aku hampir bisa melihat]
A picture of this small town back in 1943
[Gambaran kota kecil ini di tahun 1943]
Everything's black and white
[Semuanya hitam putih]
And there's dirt on the street
[Dan ada debu di jalanan]
It don't look at all what I'm seein' today
[Ini sama sekali tidak terlihat seperti yang aku lihat hari ini]

Riding around
[Berkeliling]
What's left of a small town
[Apa yang tersisa dari sebuah kota kecil]
Makin' my rounds
[Melakukan perjalanan]
Waving "hi" to everyone around
[Menyapa "hai" kepada semua orang di sekitar]
It's in my blood it's where I settle down
[Ini sudah mengalir dalam darahku, di sinilah aku menetap]
Lay me in the ground under what's left of a small town
[Letakkan aku di tanah di bawah apa yang tersisa dari sebuah kota kecil]

You can still get a hair cut for less than ten bucks
[Kau masih bisa potong rambut dengan kurang dari sepuluh dolar]
If you go down to buds right off the square
[Jika kau pergi ke salon di dekat alun-alun]
It's been almost 10 years since they closed down that old mill
[Sudah hampir 10 tahun sejak mereka menutup pabrik tua itu]
That's what this whole town was built around
[Itulah yang menjadi pusat kota ini]
There's a couple old dirt roads
[Ada beberapa jalan tanah tua]
Left down by old potts' farm
[Tersisa di dekat ladang milik Potts tua]
We used to throw down hard out there man we never did no harm
[Kami biasa bersenang-senang di sana, tapi kami tidak pernah berbuat jahat]
Well the counties offered thousands, man that old Potts won't give in
[Beberapa daerah menawarkan ribuan, tapi Potts tua itu tidak mau menyerah]
There development stops right at that barbed wire fence
[Pembangunan mereka berhenti tepat di pagar kawat berduri itu]

Riding around
[Berkeliling]
What's left of a small town
[Apa yang tersisa dari sebuah kota kecil]
Makin' my rounds
[Melakukan perjalanan]
Waving "hi" to everyone around
[Menyapa "hai" kepada semua orang di sekitar]
It's in my blood it's where I settle down
[Ini sudah mengalir dalam darahku, di sinilah aku menetap]
Lay me in the ground under what's left of a small town
[Letakkan aku di tanah di bawah apa yang tersisa dari sebuah kota kecil]