Oh kids these days 孩子啊，这些天

They don't have respect 他们不尊重

They just talk on those cellphones 他们只是说说那些手机

And listen to their tape cassettes 并听取他们的磁带盒

   

It's what that teacher said 这是什么老师说

With disgust in every breath 厌恶的每一次呼吸

His students listened carelessly 他的学生不小心聆听

They were easily unimpressed 他们很容易不为所动

   

He said it with such conviction 他说，用这样的信念

Whether truth or fiction 无论是真实或虚构

And it went 和它去

Round and round 团团圆圆

   

They'd reinvent the wheel 他们会推倒重来

Watch it spin and marvel 看着它旋转，惊叹

At the breakthrough 在突破

They had found 他们已经找到

   

Another war to end all wars 另一场战争结束所有的战争

Depressions are no more 凹陷是不更

Gravity works on occasion 重力作用于际

It won't always bring you to the floor 它不会总是带给你在地板上

   

A Spanish questionnaire 一位西班牙问卷

Conquest through love affair 通过爱情征服

A trillion here or there 一兆在这里或那里

I'm sure it'll work with a little prayer 我敢肯定，这将与一点点的祈祷