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Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this 谜语我是谁，谜语我为什么，我回答这

Who owns the chains that bind your wrists 谁拥有结合手腕的锁链

Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer again 谜语我是谁，谜语我为什么，再回答

Riddle me who built the machine 谜语我是谁建的机

That washed your brain 这洗你的脑

   

Like parents did before them 就像父母在他们面前

Your parents did the same 你的父母做了同样的

They said do your best, you must pass the test 他们说，做最好的自己，你必须通过测试

You must learn to play the game 你必须学会​​玩游戏

They scrimped and saved and suffered 他们省吃俭用，并遭受

To send you off to school 送你去上学

But if they'd had the cash 但是，如果他们想拥有的现金

They could've brought the class 他们可能已经所带班级

And a different set of rules 和一套不同的规则

   

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They taught a simple system 他们教一个简单的系统

Why they had and you had not 为什么他们有和你有没有

They said know your place, you can't win the race 他们说，知道你的位置，你不能赢得比赛

Life's an auction you're the lot 生命是你的很多拍卖

If you'd ever thought to question 如果你没有想过质疑

They would never answer you why 他们永远不会回答你为什么

When they buy your sweat, you are in their debt 当他们购买你的汗水，你是他们的债务

And they own you till you die 他们拥有你，直到你死

   

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You took hook line and sinker 你带走了勾线和坠子

Everything they fed 一切，他们喂养

Worked day and night, for most your life 夜以继日的工作，对于大多数你的生活

To earn their daily bread 为了赢得他们每天的面包

Now your old and weary 现在你的老疲惫

And you lay you down to sleep 而你躺在你失望睡觉

With body worn and spirit torn 与身体磨损和精神蹂躏

What's left is yours to keep 剩下的就是你的，保持