Little Man

I remember walk′in round the court square sidewalk
依稀記得我曾走在廣場的人行道上
Lookin′ in windows at things I couldn′t want
透過窗戶看著那些我得不到的東西
There′s johnson′s hardware and morgans jewelry
有Johnson五金器具還有morgan珠寶
And the ol′ Lee king′s apothecary
還有ol′ Lee king藥店
They ware the little man
他們都是些小人物
The little man
再平凡不過的人
I go back now and the stores are all empty
如今重返舊地，早已人去店空
Except for an old coke sign from 1950
只剩陳舊的1950年焦炭刻下的印記
Boarded up like they never existed
木板將舊店封存，好似從未曾存在
Or renovated and called historic districts
有的經過了修整翻新，成了歷史遺跡
There goes the little man
小人物離去
There goes the little man
小人物離去
Now the court square′s just a set of streets
廣場已然變為條條大道
That the people go round but they seldom think
行人匆匆卻有如行屍走肉
Bout the little man that built this town
是那些可愛的平凡人建造了這座城市
Before the big money shut em down
是大筆的金錢驅使他們就此停工
And killed the little man
扼殺了他們的靈魂
Oh the little man
那些可愛的人
He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass
他們給你打通天然氣，擦亮杯子
And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat
寒風習習的雨夜他為你修建公寓
The new stores came where you do it yourself
如今新店入駐，從此你只能自己做這些瑣事
You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
親自買落托數卡牌，買架子上的食物
Forget about the little man
忘掉那些小人物吧
Forget about that little man
忘掉他們
He hung on there for a few more years
他在那裡多呆了幾年
But he couldn′t sell slurpees
但是他不賣思樂冰
And he wouldn′t sell beer
他不會賣酒
Now the bank rents the station
現在銀行租用了車站
To a down the road
沿著大道
And sell velvet Elvis and
賣Elvis天鵝絨
Second-hand clothes
和二手服裝
There goes little man
小人物離去
There goes another little man
小人物離去
Now the court square′s just a set of streets
廣場已然變為條條大道
That the people go round but they seldom think
行人匆匆卻有如行屍走肉
Bout the little man that built this town
是那些可愛的平凡人建造了這座城市
Before the big money shut em down
是大筆的金錢驅使他們就此停工
And killed the little man
扼殺了他們的靈魂
Oh the little man
那些可愛的人
Now the are lined up in a concrete strip
現在他們排排成對
You can buy the world with just one trip
彷彿僅一次旅行就能買下整個世界
And save a penny cause it′s jumbo size
省一便士，因為它很龐大
They don′t even realize
他們甚至沒有意識到
They′ er killin′ the little man
他們在扼殺小人物
Oh the little man
哦那些平凡的人
Now the court square′s just a set of streets
廣場已然變為條條大道
That the people go round but they seldom think
行人匆匆卻有如行屍走肉
Bout the little man that built this town
是那些可愛的平凡人建造了這座城市
Before the big money shut em down
是大筆的金錢驅使他們就此停工
And killed the little man
扼殺了他們的靈魂
Oh the little man
那些可愛的人
It wasn′t long when I was a child
曾幾何時我還是個孩子
An old black man came with his plow
一個黑人拿著犁走來
He broke the ground where we grew our garden
他破壞了我家花園的土地
Back before we′d all forgot
在忘記之前
about the little man
忘記這些小人物之前
The little man
小人物
Long live the little man
願他們活的長久
God bless the little man
願上帝保佑你們