Well, you know I was a farmer when I was a younger man
你知道我年轻候是个农民
Until the fields got paved with asphalt and they took away my land
直到路上铺上沥青 他们夺走了我们的土地
And now the monument before us, it stands so tall and proud
现在里程碑就在我们面前 它很高很荣耀
A glorious new mini-mall upon the earth that I once ploughed
那个小型商场曾经是我们耕地的地方
I sold my house out in the country to rent a trailer by the mall
我把房子卖了租了一个拖车（房车）挨着这座商场
It's not so bad except the kitchen's just a little small
并不是很糟但是厨房太小了
I got a job at the local hardware store, where I work till five o'clock
我在本地的五金店找了一份工作，要工作到晚上五点才下班
Now they built another home improvement palace down the block
现在他们建造另外一个装修工程的工地就在下一条街道
What's the sense of all this home improvement?
家庭改造工程的意义是什么
Well, I liked my home the way it was before
我更喜欢原来的家
If this is what our town has come to stand for
如果这些来代表我们的城市
I don't think we need improvement anymore
我不觉得我们需要改造
I lost my job at the hardware store when the owner closed it down
五金店的老板关掉了商店我失业了
He said the rent was just too high to keep his family in this town
他说租金太高他不能在这个镇生活了
He sold his house to an executive, who tore it down to build a new one
他把自己的房子卖给了总经理，总经理把房子推到了重新建造
A million dollar mansion with a $20 view
话费百万建造的大楼看起来廉价的像20美元
What's the sense of all this home improvement?
家庭改造工程的意义是什么
Well, I liked my home the way it was before
我更喜欢原来的家
If this is what our town has come to stand for
如果这些来代表我们的城市
I don't think we need improvement anymore
我不觉得我们需要改造
One day this town will reach its goal and everyone will have
总有一天这个镇会达标 每个人都会满意
A Mercedes in the driveway of their subdivision land
梅赛德斯在每个家庭的车库前
Clear the way for progress by demolishing the past
拆除过去来清理前路
A hundred miles an hour and we're going nowhere fast
每小时一百公里 我们没有目的的就是开得快
What's the sense of all this home improvement?
家庭改造工程的意义是什么
Well, I liked my home the way it was before
我更喜欢原来的家
If this is what our town has come to stand for
如果这些来代表我们的城市
I don't think we need improvement anymore
我不觉得我们需要改造