Pretenders — My City Was Gone songtekst en vertaling
De pagina bevat de songtekst en de Nederlandse vertaling voor het nummer "My City Was Gone" van Pretenders.
Songteksten
I went back to ohio
But my city was gone
There was no train station
There was no downtown
South howard had disappeared
All my favorite places
My city had been pulled down
Reduced to parking spaces
A, o, way to go ohio
Well I went back to ohio
But my family was gone
I stood on the back porch
There was nobody home
I was stunned and amazed
My childhood memories
Slowly swirled past
Like the wind through the trees
A, o, oh way to go ohio
I went back to ohio
But my pretty countryside
Had been paved down the middle
By a government that had no pride
The farms of ohio
Had been replaced by shopping malls
And muzak filled the air
From seneca to cuyahoga falls
Said, a, o, oh way to go ohio
Songtekstvertaling
Ik ging terug naar ohio.
Maar mijn stad was weg.
Er was geen treinstation.
Er was geen Centrum.
South howard was verdwenen.
Al mijn favoriete plaatsen
Mijn stad was neergehaald.
Beperkt tot parkeerplaatsen
A, O, goed gedaan ohio
Ik ging terug naar ohio.
Maar mijn familie was weg.
Ik stond op de veranda.
Er was niemand thuis.
Ik was verbijsterd en verbaasd.
Mijn jeugdherinneringen
Langzaam heen en weer geslingerd
Zoals de wind door de bomen
A, o, oh way to go ohio
Ik ging terug naar ohio.
Maar mijn mooie platteland
Was geplaveid in het midden
Door een regering die geen trots had
De boerderijen van ohio
Was vervangen door winkelcentra
En muzak vulde de lucht
Van seneca tot cuyahoga falls
Said, A, O, oh way to go ohio