Me and my old buddy Leroy
Aku dan teman lamaku Leroy
We’d go drivin’ around
Kami akan pergi berkeliling
If there was trouble to be found
Jika ada masalah ditemukan
Oh, man we dang sure did.
Oh, manusia yang kita dang yakin lakukan.

Cuttin’ donuts in the fields
Cuttin ‘donat di sawah
So old man Smith would call the cops
Jadi orang tua Smith akan memanggil polisi
He’d come runnin’ out with his shotgun
Dia datang berlari keluar dengan senapannya
‘Cause we were runnin’ down his crops
Karena kita berlari menuruni hasil panennya

And I reckon he’s still wonderin’
Dan kurasa 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 laki-laki lokal ini pindah
But we never changed a bit
Tapi kami tidak pernah berubah sedikit pun
Never had a lick of sense
Tidak pernah ada rasa jijik
Least that’s what some folks said.
Setidaknya itulah yang beberapa orang katakan.

Then finally we turned old enough
Lalu akhirnya kami sudah cukup tua
To buy our own beer
Untuk membeli bir kita sendiri
Don’t remember much about that year
Tidak ingat banyak tentang tahun itu
Juct lucky we ain’t dead.
Juct beruntung kita belum mati.

Somebody said they saw some boys
Seseorang mengatakan mereka melihat beberapa anak laki-laki
With a truck looked just like mine
Dengan truk tampak seperti milikku
Tryin’ to pull down that old water tank
Cobalah untuk menurunkan tangki air tua itu
That sits out on the county line.
Itu duduk di garis county.

And people wonder why it leans
Dan orang bertanya-tanya mengapa ia bersandar
The way it does, that was us.
Caranya, itulah 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 keadaan menjadi sulit saat masa sulit
They said when he got sick
Mereka bilang saat dia sakit
Old man Smith would a lost that farm.
Orang tua Smith akan kehilangan pertanian itu.

‘Cause he was gettin’ way behind
Karena dia bisa jalan pintas
On all his bills
Atas semua tagihannya
But somebody brought his crops in
Tapi ada yang membawa hasil panennya
From the field.
Dari lapangan.

Yeah, and folks around here
Ya, dan orang-orang di sekitar 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 …