It was 1990 give or take I don't remember 这是1990年给予或采取我不记得了

When the news of revolution hit the air 当革命的消息打击空中

The girls hadn't even started taking down our posters 女孩们甚至还没有开始服用了我们的海报

When the boys started cutting off their hair 当孩子们开始切断他们的头发

The radio stations all decided angst was finally old enough 该电台的所有决定的焦虑终于够老

It ought to have a proper home 它应该有一个适当的家

Dead fat or rich nobody's left to bitch 死胖子还是富人没有人留下来挨骂

About the goings' on in self destructive zones 关于对探班“自我毁灭区

   

The night the practice room caught fire 夜间练习室起火

There were rumors of a dragon headed straight for Muscle Shoals 有龙的传闻直肌肉浅滩当家

"Stoner tries to save an amplifier" “斯通纳试图保存一个放大器”

And it's like the dragon's side of the story is never told 它就像故事中的龙的侧从来没有告诉过

When the dream and the man and the girls hang around long enough 当梦想与男人和女孩流连太久

To make you think it's coming true, 让你觉得它的到来真的，

It's easier to let it all die a fairy tale, 它更容易让这一切死了一个童话故事，

Than admit that something bigger is passing through 比承认，更大的东西正在通过

   

The hippies rode a wave putting smiles on faces, 嬉皮士骑着波把微笑的面孔，

That the devil wouldn't even put a shoe 魔鬼也不会连放鞋

Caught between a generation dying from its habits, 从习惯上一代凋零的夹缝中，

And another thinking rock and roll was new 而另一位思维摇滚是新

Till the pawn shops were packed like a backstage party, 直到典当行被挤得像一个幕后方，

Hanging full of pointy ugly cheap guitars 吊足了尖尖的丑陋便宜的吉他

And the young'uns all turned to karaoke, 而younguns全部变成卡拉OK，

Hanging all their wishes upon disregarded stars 在不顾明星都挂着自己的意愿

   

My Grandaddy's shotgun is locked in a closet 我Grandaddy的猎枪被锁在一个衣柜

And it never shot a thing that could have lived 它从不出手，可能住的事

An old man decided that you couldn't choose your poison 一位老人决定，你无法选择你的毒药

Till you're nearly old enough to vote for him 直到你差不多年纪尚幼，投他一票

They turned what was into something so disgusting 他们把什么变成的东西太恶心了

Even wild dogs would disregard the bones 即使是野狗会不顾骨头

Dead fat or rich nobody's left to bitch 死胖子还是富人没有人留下来挨骂

About the goings' on in self destructive zones 关于对探班“自我毁灭区