We were born 我们生来

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

   

My mother cried 我妈哭了

When president Kennedy died 时任总统肯尼迪去世

She said it was the communists 她说，这是共产党人

But I knew better 但我知道更好

   

Would they drop the bomb on us 他们会投下炸弹在美国

While we made love on the beach 虽然我们取得了在沙滩上的爱情

We were the class they couldn't teach 我们对他们不能教班

'Cos we knew better 因为我们知道更好

   

We were born 我们生来

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

   

They screamed 他们尖叫

When the Beatles sang 当披头士乐队唱

And they laughed when the King fell down the stars 他们笑了，当王倒下的明星

Oh they should've known better 哦，他们应该早就知道更好

   

Oh we hated our Aunt 哦，我们恨我们的阿姨

Then we messed in our pants 然后，我们搞砸了我们的裤子

Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV 然后，我们失去了我们的信心，祈求电视

Oh we should've known better 哦，我们应该早就知道更好

   

We were born 我们生来

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

Born 出生

Born in the fifties 生于五十年代

   

We freeze like statues on the pages of history 我们冻结喜欢历史的页面上的雕像

Living was never like this when we took all those G.C.E.'s 生活从来没有像这样，当我们把所有这些GCE的

Oh you opened the door for us 哦，你打开门让我们

And then you turned to dust 然后你化为尘土

   

You don't understand us 你不理解我们

So don't reprimand us 所以不要谴责我们

We're taking the future 我们正在做的未来

We don't need no teacher 我们不需要任何老师

   

(repeat chorus to fade) （重复副歌褪色）