Hey there son of Adam 嘿儿子亚当

Hey there daughter of Eve 嘿女儿夏娃

Help me sing this tear gas riot song 帮我唱这催泪弹防暴歌

To some fresh faced police 一些新鲜面孔的警察

They won't even know what hit ‘em 他们甚至不知道什么是打他们

When they lift their Roman shades 当他们举起他们的罗马帘

When the people's song comes pouring in on a brand new day 当人的歌曲来一个崭新的一天浇筑

   

Now, you who dam the river 现在，你们谁水坝的河流

You who change a mountain's name 你们谁改变一座山的名字

First we marched to rally back 首先，我们游行到反弹回

Now we're taking down Washington state 现在，我们正在做下来华盛顿州

In death there’s a consolation 在死的时候有一个安慰

You know only hate and rage 你只知道仇恨和愤怒

You paid a dowry for your child's rights 您所支付嫁妆为您的孩子的权利

Now she's living like a slave 现在，她的生活像一个奴隶

   

A prayer came down the wire 祷告下来的电线

And it was all in the enemy’s code 而这一切都在敌人的代码

You couldn't figure out what mercy meant 你不能找出什么怜悯的意思

Until you did like you were told 直到你不喜欢，你被告知

When they finally sent the doctors 当他们终于派出了医生

Once the fireball went out 一旦火球出去

There was nothing left but the cockroaches 什么都没有留下，但蟑螂

In a movie with no sound 在电影没有声音

   

What good, what good are you? 有什么好处，有什么好，你好吗？

With your cynical flag and your Roosevelt room 有了您的愤世嫉俗标志和你的罗斯福厅

What good, what good are you? 有什么好处，有什么好，你好吗？

With your Cherokee trail and your Arlington tomb 有了您的切诺基步道和你的阿灵顿墓

   

Yeah, go ask Hunter Thompson 是啊，去问问亨特·汤普森

Yeah, go ask Hemmingway's ghost 是啊，去问问海明威的鬼魂

It all catches up with you 这一切都赶上你

Once you get just a little too old 一旦你得到只是有点太旧

Take a hard look in the mirror 您可以在镜子很难看

It's a thing that you did not see 这是一个东西，你没看见

The shadow's long 阴影的长

But the day is young 不过，这一天是年轻

It just wasn't meant to be 它只是并不意味着是

   

There's no blankets for the winter 有没有棉被过冬

There's no oil in the lamp 有没有油的灯

And I'd like to write my congressman 我想给我写的国会议员

But I can't afford the stamp 但我买不起邮票

You want me to pay my taxes 你要我付我的税

So you can propagate your lies 所以，你可以传播你的谎言

While there's barefoot dudes down in New Orleans 虽然有赤脚在新奥尔良帅哥下来

Looking like they're gonna die 看起来像他们是怎么死的

   

Yeah, you who quote the legends 是啊，你们谁引用传说

You who poisoned all of my dreams 你们谁毒害了我所有的梦想

You pinned all of the medals on 您寄托所有的奖牌上

All those boys from Omaha Beach 从奥马哈海滩所有这些男孩

Hope you haven't got too lazy 希望你没有太懒惰

I know you like your apple pie 我知道你喜欢你做的苹果派

But the working poor you've been pissing on 但有工作的穷人，你一直在撒尿

Are doing double shifts tonight 在做双班今晚

   

What good, what good are you? 有什么好处，有什么好，你好吗？

With your cynical flag and your Roosevelt room 有了您的愤世嫉俗标志和你的罗斯福厅

What good, what good are you? 有什么好处，有什么好，你好吗？

With your Cherokee trail and your Arlington tomb 有了您的切诺基步道和你的阿灵顿墓