Things worked out better than we have planned 事情制定了比我们计划

Capital from boy, woman and man 从男孩，女人和男人的资本

We're like ink and paper 我们就像墨水和纸张

Numbers on a calculator 上一个计算器数字

Knew arithmetic so well 知道的算术这么好

Working overtime 加班

Completed what was assigned 完成了分配

We had to multiply ourselves 我们只好自己乘

A bouncing little baby 弹跳的小宝宝

A shiny copper penny 有光泽的铜一分钱

And he spent himself 他花了自己

Would not listen to us 会不会听我们的

But when he lost his appetite 但是，当他失去了他的胃口

He lost his weight and friends 他失去了他的重量和朋友

Baby became a fat nickel so fast 婴儿成了脂肪镍这么快

Then came puberty 然后是青春期

Exponentially 指数

Soon our boy became a million 不久，我们的孩子就成了万元

People loved him so 人们爱他，所以

And helped him to grow 并帮助他成长

Everyone knew the thing that was best 每个人都知道这是最好的东西

Of course, he must invest 当然，他必须投入

A penny won't do 一分钱也不会做

But he made us proud 但是，他让我们感到骄傲

He made us rich 他把我们丰富的

But how were we to know 但如何进行，我们知道

He's counterfeit 他是冒牌

Now everything's ruined 现在一切都毁了