Well it's nighttime and the long cars 那么它的夜间和车长

Are arriving at the door, 是到达门口，

The general is having another party, 一般是有另一方，

With a congressman or three 有国会议员或三个

And some guys you never see outside the bank. 而有些人，你永远不会看到银行门外。

   

There's a laughing clink of glasses 有眼镜笑碰杯

And a polished click of boots 和靴子的抛光点击

And bitter talk of a country 一个国家的辛酸谈话

With a weakness in its roots. 随着它的根的弱点。

   

And it's nighttime for the generals 而且它是夜间的将军

And the boys at the C.I.A. 和孩子们在C.I.A.

Power gone mad in the darkness 电力疯了，在黑暗中

Thinking they're God on a good day 以为他们是神的好日子

They giveth, they taketh 他们所赐，他们就带

But they like to take it away. 不过，他们喜欢把它拿走。

   

"Well the fools don't know the difference “好了傻子不知道其中的差别

It's for their own good," they said. 这是对自己的好， “他们说。

And they shot blind Lady Liberty 他们盲目出手自由女神

In the back of her head. 在她的头的后部。

   

And it's nighttime for the generals 而且它是夜间的将军

And the boys at the C.I.A. 和孩子们在C.I.A.

Power gone mad in the darkness 电力疯了，在黑暗中

Thinking they're God on a good day 以为他们是神的好日子

They giveth, they taketh 他们所赐，他们就带

But they like to take it away. 不过，他们喜欢把它拿走。

   

They giveth, they taketh, 他们所赐，他们夺了，

   

Nighttime, nighttime, nighttime. 夜间，夜间，夜间。