〈My Hometown〉是美國搖滾歌手布魯斯．史普林斯汀（Bruce Springsteen）的創作，他的作品多以家鄉新澤西為主軸，從發自內心的誠懇呼喚、搭配悅耳動聽的旋律，替勞動階層民眾表達「即使陷入困境，仍可抬頭挺胸面對、解決」的意念。

I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand

Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man

I’d sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town

He’d tousle my hair and say son take a good look around this is your hometown

This is your hometown

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In ‘65 tension was running high at my high school

There was a lot of fights between the black and white

There was nothing you could do

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Troubled times had come to my hometown

My hometown

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Now Main Street’s whitewashed windows and vacant stores

Seems like there ain’t nobody wants to come down here no more

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Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around

This is your hometown

我的家鄉

我八歲時，手握著一毛錢

跑進巴士站幫老爸買報紙

我坐在他的膝上，在那輛老別克車裡，穿街過巷

他撥著我的頭髮說，兒啊好好看看，這是你的家鄉

這是你的家鄉

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一九六五年，我念的高中充滿緊張氣氛

黑白之間，種族衝突日益升高

你對此無能為力

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我的家鄉陷入了困境

我的家鄉

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現在大街上的白色的窗戶和空置的商店

似乎沒有人想來這裡

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昨天晚上，我把兒子抱在車裡，兒啊好好看看，這是你的家鄉

這是你的家鄉