Twenty dollars out of mama's purse
Dua puluh dolar dari dompet mama
Bought us a tank of gas
Beli bensin satu tangki
And some Redman Tobacco
Dan sedikit tembakau Redman
When we were just teenage kids.
Saat kami masih remaja.

Me and my old buddy Leroy
Aku dan temanku Leroy
We'd go drivin' around
Kami suka jalan-jalan
If there was trouble to be found
Kalau ada masalah yang bisa ditemukan
Oh, man we dang sure did.
Oh, kami pasti melakukannya.

Cuttin' donuts in the fields
Bikin donut di ladang
So old man Smith would call the cops
Sampai Pak Smith nelpon polisi
He'd come runnin' out with his shotgun
Dia keluar dengan senapan.
'Cause we were runnin' down his crops
Karena kami merusak tanamannya.

And I reckon he's still wonderin'
Dan aku rasa dia masih bertanya-tanya
Who that was, but that was us.
Siapa itu, tapi itu kami.

Now some of these local boys moved on
Sekarang beberapa anak lokal sudah pergi
But we never changed a bit
Tapi kami tidak pernah berubah sedikitpun
Never had a lick of sense
Tidak punya akal sehat
Least that's what some folks said.
Setidaknya itu yang dibilang orang.

Then finally we turned old enough
Akhirnya kami cukup umur
To buy our own beer
Untuk beli bir sendiri
Don't remember much about that year
Tidak ingat banyak tentang tahun itu
Just lucky we ain't dead.
Cuma beruntung kami masih hidup.

Somebody said they saw some boys
Seseorang bilang mereka melihat beberapa anak
With a truck looked just like mine
Dengan truk yang mirip milikku
Tryin' to pull down that old water tank
Mencoba menjatuhkan tangki air tua itu
That sits out on the county line.
Yang ada di batas kabupaten.

And people wonder why it leans
Dan orang-orang bertanya-tanya kenapa itu miring
The way it does, that was us.
Seperti itu, itu kami.

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Seems like small towns never change
Sepertinya kota kecil tidak pernah berubah
But things get tough when times get hard
Tapi semuanya jadi sulit saat keadaan sulit
They said when he got sick
Mereka bilang saat dia sakit
Old man Smith would a lost that farm.
Pak Smith mungkin kehilangan ladangnya.

'Cause he was gettin' way behind
Karena dia sangat terlambat
On all his bills
Dengan semua tagihannya
But somebody brought his crops in
Tapi seseorang membawakan hasil panennya
From the field.
Dari ladang.

Yeah, and folks around here
Ya, dan orang-orang di sini
Still wonder who that was.
Masih bertanya-tanya siapa itu.

That was us.
Itu kami.

That was us.
Itu kami.

That was us.
Itu kami.

That was us.
Itu kami.

That was us...
Itu kami...