Pregnant teens on the Barton street bus 巴顿街道总线上的怀孕少女

Homeless people are living off crust 无家可归的人是活的地壳关闭

And there’s a beat-up town car - it’s starting to rust 并有一个破旧的公务车 - 它开始生锈

Hard soles are kicking up dust 硬鞋底踢了灰尘

Half a million people living in the corpse of the brown brick 50’s 五十万人住在褐色砖50年代的尸体

To the north, all the small town outcasts are now big city bourgeoisie 在北部，所有的小城镇弃儿现在大城市资产阶级

   

All the boys in the halfway houses 所有在中途宿舍的男生

Wave to the girls of Emerald Street 波翡翠街的女孩

   

Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick - but we hold on 我们僵硬的手指，血红色的砖 - 但我们挺住

We’ll never falter, though they want us to slip - we hold on 我们永远不会动摇，但他们希望我们滑 - 我们坚持

   

The desperate, downtown stealing bikes 绝望，市区偷自行车

Drunks in the village are picking fights 在村里的醉鬼正在采摘打架

   

So, police line the streets to read them their rights 于是，民警街道两旁看他们自己的权利

No controlling hot summer nights 公司不存在控股炎热的夏天的夜晚

The sun goes down on the edge of town, at the end of everyday 太阳下山在城市的边缘，在每天结束

We sit and watch the stacks, on fire, to the east across the bay 我们眼睁睁地看着堆，火，向东横跨海湾

   

All the boys in the halfway houses 所有在中途宿舍的男生

Wave to the girls of Emerald Street 波翡翠街的女孩

   

Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick - but we hold on 我们僵硬的手指，血红色的砖 - 但我们挺住

We’ll never falter, though they want us to slip - we hold on 我们永远不会动摇，但他们希望我们滑 - 我们坚持

   

There’s something in the church belfry 有什么东西在教堂钟楼

At the corner of Victoria and king 在维多利亚和国王的角落

And it screams out into the night 它尖叫到深夜

It sings this city’s plight 它唱这个城市的困境

   

All the boys in the halfway houses 所有在中途宿舍的男生

Wave to the girls of Emerald Street 波翡翠街的女孩

   

Hold on 坚持，稍等

Hold on 坚持，稍等

   

Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick - but we hold on 我们僵硬的手指，血红色的砖 - 但我们挺住

We’ll never falter, though they want us to slip - we hold on 我们永远不会动摇，但他们希望我们滑 - 我们坚持