I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
《The House That Built Me》选自美国乡村歌手Miranda Lambert与2009年发行的第三张专辑《Revolution》中，这首歌在Billboard乡村榜蝉联了三周的冠军，Miranda也凭借这首歌获得了第53届格莱美最佳乡村女歌手奖。Miranda在歌中表达了自己对过去的生活以及以前的自己的怀念，她低沉而略带沙哑的声音让首歌充满了淡淡的忧伤。
I know they say you can't go home again
他们说我不能再回家
I just had to come back one last time
我只是想再回家看最后一次
Ma'am I know you don't know me from Adam
来开门的女士，我想你压根还不认识我吧？
But these handprints on the front steps are mine
但这屋的前廊小小的手印是我的
Up those stairs in that little back bedroom
楼梯上，可以看到后面的小卧间
Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar
那是我做作业和第一次学弹吉他的地方
I bet you didn't know under that live oak
我打赌你们一定不知道，在那颗橡树下面
My favorite dog is buried in the yard
是我的小狗在那里被埋葬
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
我以为我触摸这个地方或感受它
This brokenness inside me might start healing
心中的伤痕也许就会开始痊愈
Out here it's like I'm someone else
离开这个小镇我就像个陌生人
I thought that maybe I could find myself
我以为在这或许我能找到自己
If I could just come in I swear I'll leave
如果我能进来，我发誓我马上离开
Won't take nothing but a memory
从这个我长大的地方
From the house that built me
什么也不带走 除了我的记忆
Mama cut out pictures of houses for years
妈妈总爱剪下喜欢的房子照片
From Better Homes and Gardens magazine
从一本家庭装修房子
Plans were drawn and concrete poured
画好蓝本，注下幸福的水泥
Nail by nail and board by board
钉子接着钉子，木板挨着木板
Daddy gave life to mama's dream
爸爸让妈妈的美梦成真
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
我以为我触摸这个地方或感受它
This brokenness inside me might start healing
心中的伤痕也许就会开始痊愈
Out here it's like I'm someone else
离开这个小镇我就像个陌生人
I thought that maybe I could find myself
我以为在这或许我能找到自己
If I could just come in I swear I'll leave
如果我能进来，我发誓我马上离开
Won't take nothing but a memory
从这个我长大的地方
From the house that built me
什么也不带走 除了我的记忆
You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can
终于有一天，离开家、去打拼、努力做到最好
I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am
我迷失在回忆里，忘了我是谁
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
我以为我触摸这个地方或感受它
This brokenness inside me might start healing
心中的伤痕也许就会开始痊愈
Out here it's like I'm someone else
离开这个小镇我就像个陌生人
I thought that maybe I could find myself
我以为在这或许我能找到自己
If I could walk around I swear I'll leave
如果我能进来，我发誓我马上离开
Won't take nothing but a memory
从这个我长大的地方
From the house that built me
什么也不带走 除了我的记忆
