Minutes turn to hours, counting seconds tick away. 分钟转小时，计秒流逝。

Another day tomorrow, tomorrow's just another day. 又过了一天，明天，明天只是新的一天。

Days turn into years, and time goes by, over and over, 天变成年，日子久了，一遍又一遍，

Again and again, and then, years turn into decades. 一遍又一遍，然后，几年变成几十年。

Decades. Start another decade, times ten. 几十年。开始另一个十年十倍。

Ten decades, one hundred years. 十大几十年来，百年。

Ten decades. And the first ten started going so much faster, 十多年。而前十位刚入如此之快，

Than the whole one hundred years before. 比以前整百年。

And the second ten we started fighting. 第二10 ，我们开始战斗。

We fought the war to end all wars. 我们打的战争，结束所有的战争。

So somebody named the twenties roaring, 所以有人称为咆哮的二十年代，

And in the thirties we fought some more. 而在三十年代，我们争取多一些。

And the fighting went on and on (and on); 而战斗继续和（和） ;

Nobody could stop it (stop it, stop it) 没有人能阻止它（停止它，阻止它）

So somebody built a bomb (bomb); 因此，有人建立了一个炸弹（炸弹） ;

All you had to do was drop it (drop it), right or wrong. 所有你需要做的就是把它（把它） ，对还是错。

They dropped it; they dropped it. 他们放弃了它;他们放弃了它。

And toward the end of the forties, after the storm, I was born. 并朝着四十年代末，在风雨后，我出生了。

I am calling, across a field, from far away, far away. 我打电话，跨越领域，从很远很远。

This is my calling song; I am worried, I am concerned. 这是我的电话的歌;我很担心，我很担心。

   

There are reasons, can't be explained. 有原因，无法解释。

And there are questions, that have no answers. 而且有问题，有没有答案。

That's the reason I want to know: how long, how long, can this go on? 这就是我想知道的原因：过了多久，多久，可以在此继续下去？

I want to know how long, how long, 我想知道过了多久，多久，

When so many things happen, nothing gets done. 当这么多事情发生，什么都做。

So many wars, no one ever won one, and no one ever will, 这么多的战争，没有人赢得了一个，没人会，

No one ever will. 没有人会。

I am calling, this is my calling song. 我打电话，这是我的电话的歌。

And the fifties were the best I guess, except for the fighting 而五十年代是最好的，我想，除了战斗

And the sixties were unrest, oh yes, we went to the moon. 和六十年代是动荡，哦，是的，我们去了月球。

We had hopes, we had dreams, 我们有希望，我们有自己的梦想，

And sometimes late at night it still seems like, Camelot. 有时在深夜仍然看起来，柯莱特。

And the seventies lasted 'til May. 与七十年代持续，直到五月。

And on the hill, that day, I gave up and started writing Decades. 并在山上，那一天，我放弃了，开始写十年。

And the eighties were a waste of time, and here we are, in the nineties! 和八十年代是在浪费时间，而我们在这里，在上个世纪九十年代！

Nine in a row, one more to go, oh! Over and over, again and again. 九连胜，多了一个去了哦！一遍又一遍，一遍又一遍。

One hundred years; ten years times ten. 一百年; 10年十倍。

So many things happened, nothing got done. 因此，许多事情发生了，没有什么得到了实现。

So many wars, no one ever won one. 这么多的战争，没有人赢得之一。

Decades, decades 几十年来，数十年