Come to the dinner gong 前来吃饭锣

The table is laden high 该表是载货高

Fat bellies and hungry little ones 胖肚子饿的小家伙

Tuck your napkins in 掖在你的餐巾

And take your share 并把你的份额

Some get the gravy 有些人会肉汁

And some get the gristle 而一些拿到脆骨

Some get the marrow bone 有些人会在骨髓骨

And some get nothing 而有些什么也得不到

Though there's plenty to spare 虽然有大量饶

   

I took my share down by the sea 我把我的份额下降了海

Paper plates and Javex bottles on the tide 纸碟和Javex瓶上潮

Seagulls come down 海鸥回落

And they squawk at me 他们对我发牢骚

Down where the water-skiers glide 羽绒服里的水滑雪者滑行

   

Some turn to Jesus 有些转向耶稣

And some turn to heroin 而有些转向海洛因

Some turn to rambling round 有些转散漫轮

Looking for a clean sky 找一个干净的天空

And a drinking stream 以及饮酒流

Some watch the paint peel off 一些观看的油漆剥落关闭

Some watch their kids grow up 有些看着自己的孩子长大了

Some watch their stocks and bonds 有些看着自己的股票和债券

Waiting for that big deal 等待那大不了

American Dream 美国梦

   

I took my dream down by the sea 我带着我的梦想下来的海

Yankee yachts and lobster pots and sunshine 洋基游艇和龙虾盆和阳光

And logs and sails 并记录和帆

And Shell Oil pails 和壳牌石油桶

Dogs and tugs and summertime 狗和拖船及夏季

Back in the banquet line 早在宴会上线

Angry young people crying 愤怒的年轻人哭

   

Who let the greedy in 谁要让贪婪的

And who left the needy out 又是谁留下的穷人离开

Who made this salty soup 谁做了这个咸汤

Tell him we're very hungry now 告诉他我们非常饿了

For a sweeter fare 对于票价更甜

In the cookie I read 在cookie中我读

"Some get the gravy “有些人会肉汁

And some get the gristle 而一些拿到脆骨

Some get the marrow bone 有些人会在骨髓骨

And some get nothing 而有些什么也得不到

Though there's plenty to spare" 虽然有大量饶“