As if I really didn't understand 好像我真的不明白

That I was just another part of their plan 我是他们的计划只是一个组成部分

I went off looking for the promise 我去了要找的承诺

Believing in the Motherland 相信祖国

And from the comfort of a dreamer's bed 而从一个梦想家的床的舒适度

And the safety of my own head 和我自己的头部安全

I went on speaking of the future 我接着说未来

While other people fought and bled 而其他人战斗，流血

The kid I was when I first left home 这孩子我是当我第一次离开家

Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own 一直在寻找他的自由和自己的生活

But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet 但他发现自由是不是很甜蜜

When the truth was known 当真相被称为

I have prayed for America 我祈求美国

I was made for America 我是做对美国

It's in my blood and in my bones 这是在我的血液在我的骨头

By the dawn's early light 在黎明前的熹微

By all I know is right 由我所知道的是正确的

We're going to reap what we have sown 我们将收获什么，我们播种

   

As if freedom was a question of might 至于如果自由是实力的问题

As if loyalty was black and white 仿佛忠诚是黑色和白色

You hear people say it all the time- 你听到别人说，这一切的时间 -

"My country wrong or right" “我的国家错误或正确”

I want to know what that's got to do 我想知道是什么的该怎么做

With what it takes to find out what's true 有什么需要找出哪些是真的

With everyone from the President on down 随着大家从总统下来

Trying to keep it from you 试图保持它从你

   

The thing I wonder about the Dads and Moms 我不知道关于爸爸和妈妈的事

Who send their sons to the Vietnams 谁给他们的儿子给的越南人

Will they really think their way of life 他们会觉得他们的生活方式

Has been protected as the next war comes? 已被保护作为下一个战争来临？

I have prayed for America 我祈求美国

I was made for America 我是做对美国

Her shining dream plays in my mind 她的梦土，起着在我心中

By the rockets red glare 火箭队的红色炫光

A generation's blank stare 一代人的两眼发直

We better wake her up this time 我们更好地唤醒她这段时间

   

The kid I was when I first left home 这孩子我是当我第一次离开家

Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own 一直在寻找他的自由和自己的生活

But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet 但他发现自由是不是很甜蜜

When the truth was known 当真相被称为

I have prayed for America 我祈求美国

I was made for America 我是做对美国

I can't let go till she comes around 我不能放手，直到她恶有恶报

Until the land of the free 直到自由的土地

Is awake and can see 是清醒的，能看到

And until her conscience has been found 直到她的良心已经被发现