Well we're living here in Allentown 嗯，我们正生活在这里阿伦敦

And they're closing all the factories down 他们正在关闭所有的工厂倒

Out in Bethlehem they're killing time 在伯利恒他们消磨时间

Filling out forms 填写表格

Standing in line 排队

Well our fathers fought the Second World War 以及我们的父辈战斗在第二次世界大战

Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore 他们花了上周末在泽西海岸

Met our mothers in the USO 满足我们的母亲在USO

Asked them to dance 问他们跳舞

Danced with them slow 跳舞与他们慢

And we're living here in Allentown 而我们生活在这里的阿伦敦

   

But the restlessness was handed down 但躁动宣判

And it's getting very hard to stay 而且它变得非常难留

   

Well we're waiting here in Allentown 好了，我们就等着在这里阿伦敦

For the Pennsylvania we never found 对于宾夕法尼亚州，我们从来没有发现

For the promises our teachers gave 对于许老师给了

If we worked hard 如果我们努力工作

If we behaved 如果我们表现

So the graduations hang on the wall 所以刻度挂在墙上

But they never really helped us at all 但是，他们从来没有真正帮助我们在所有

No they never taught us what was real 不，他们从来没有告诉我们什么是真正的

Iron and coke 钢铁和焦炭

And chromium steel 铬钢

And we're waiting here in Allentown 我们正在等待在这里阿伦敦

   

But they've taken all the coal from the ground 但他们已经采取了所有的煤炭从地

And the union people crawled away 而工会的人爬走

   

Every child had a pretty good shot 每个孩子有一个漂亮的好球

To get at least as far as their old man got 要获得至少就他们的老男人了

But something happened on the way to that place 但是，事情发生在路上那个地方

They threw an American flag in our face 他们把美国国旗在我们的脸上

   

Well I'm living here in Allentown 嗯，我生活在这里的阿伦敦

And it's hard to keep a good man down 而且很难保持一个良好的人下来

But I won't be getting up today 但我不会在今天起床

   

And it's getting very hard to stay 而且它变得非常难留

And we're living here in Allentown 而我们生活在这里的阿伦敦