Well I always knew you'd take the crutches 嗯，我早就知道你会拿拐杖

and not the skis 和不滑雪板

1 always knew you'd take the stilts 1总是知道你会走高跷

and then your knees 然后你的膝盖

When God gave you the sky 当上帝给你的天空

I knew you'd take the trees 我知道你会走的树

Son you've grown those chicken wings 儿子，你已经长大的鸡翅膀

You just can't fly 你就不能飞

   

They anchored our dream yacht to ocean bed 他们挂靠我们的梦想游艇海床上

chained our ideal home to bicycle shed 链接我们的理想家的自行车棚

Clamped our racing car before we sat in driver's seat 钳制我们的赛车前，我们坐在驾驶座上

Tied our shooting stars and wrapped them round a tree 捆绑我们的拍摄恒星和包裹其中圆树

   

We could've courted Einstein 我们可能已经求婚爱因斯坦

could've courted Marx 可能已经拉拢马克思

we could've gone for strolls 我们可能已经走了散步

like other families do in parks 像其他家庭做公园

Son you were born a dud 儿子，你是天生的哑弹

in a family without sparks 在一个家庭中没有火花

Yes you've got those chicken wings 是的，你已经得到了那些鸡翅

You just can't fly 你就不能飞

   

The chequered flag 格子旗

that losers despise 那鄙视失败者

never flew in our port 永远飞在我们的口

or harboured in our eyes 或窝藏在我们眼前

Cause we always formed that queue 因为我们总是形成的队列

for second prize 为二等奖

This family's got those chicken wings 这家的有那些鸡翅

we just can't fly 我们只是不能飞

   

Our winning tickets ripped up into shreds 我们的中奖彩票撕掉了切丝

The tale of this family, is its heads 这个家庭的故事，是它的头

We're bouncing on a pogo stick 我们在弹跳上的弹簧单高跷

without any springs 没有任何弹簧

It hurts me to admit this 它伤害了我承认这一点

but we've got those chicken wings 但我们已经有了这些鸡翅

   

Yes you've got those chicken wings 是的，你已经得到了那些鸡翅

and all the luggage that the failure brings 和所有的行李的失败带来

Is a swallow flying high that sings 是燕子的飞行高度，吟唱

Look he's got those chicken wings 你看他有那些鸡翅

He may as well die 他可能也死了