We sent in the army 我们的军队发送

They sounded alarms we 他们吹响警报，我们

Saw it coming from a mile away. 只见它从一英里走开。

We kept it off radar 我们保持它关闭雷达

Because we had to say our 因为我们不得不说我们的

Intentions were to save the day. 意图是扭转败局。

   

Why did you fail to see? 你为什么看不到？

   

It was a gag 这是一个插科打诨

It was all for a laugh 这是所有的笑

And they were shocked and they were awed 他们被震惊了，他们是敬畏

and they were blown in half 将它们在半吹

   

Fun and games 娱乐和游戏

We're just pulling legs 我们只是拉腿

We knew this barrel of fun 我们知道这个桶的乐趣

Would be a powderkeg 将是一个慨

   

We kept it all long-range 我们保留了它所有远程

and made a regime change 并提出了政权更迭

You'd have thought it would have been a gas 你还以为它会一直气体

But when it got ugly 但是，当它得到了丑

We sat around smugly 我们沾沾自喜地围坐

Because you bought our little joke en masse 因为你买了我们的小笑话集体

Don't look at me that way 别看我这样

   

It was a gag 这是一个插科打诨

It was all for a laugh 这是所有的笑

We knew your sons and daughters 我们知道你的儿子和女儿

Would be blown in half 将一半被吹

   

Fun and games 娱乐和游戏

We're just pulling legs 我们只是拉腿

We knew this barrel of fun 我们知道这个桶的乐趣

Would be a powderkeg 将是一个慨

   

Put a smile on 把微笑

We're the ones that you selected 我们所选择的那些

Leave that dial son 离开这个转盘的儿子

Because we just got re-elected 因为我们刚刚连任

In a while our 在一阵我们

Bill of rights will be rejected 权利法案将被拒绝

   

and all the blame will be deflected 和所有的怪会偏转

the forests will be unprotected 森林将被保护

the nation's poor will be neglected 国家的穷人将被忽略

creation myth is resurrected 创世神话的复活

a new salute is genuflected 新的敬礼是genuflected

a gallup poll will be respected 一项盖洛普民意调查会受到尊重

gallows pole will be erected 木架杆将矗立起

all this will go undetected 这一切都将不被发现

   

While you all slumbered 当你都打盹

We sat and crunched numbers 我们坐着嘎吱嘎吱号码

Of all the causalities we could afford 所有的因果关系，我们能买得起

There's no need to draft them 有没有必要给他们起草

You could hear us laugh then 你能听到我们笑，然后

The poor and black all need the room and board 穷人和黑人都需要吃住

Did I say that out loud? 难道我大声说出来了？

   

It was a gag 这是一个插科打诨

It was all for a laugh 这是所有的笑

And now our very nation has been blown in half 现在我们国家非常有一半被吹

   

Fun and games 娱乐和游戏

We're just pulling legs 我们只是拉腿

We knew this barrel of fun 我们知道这个桶的乐趣

Would be a powderkeg 将是一个慨

   

Oh yeah.... 哦耶....