[Verse 1:] [诗歌1 ： ]

We said Yes Maam and Yes Sir, cuz a good whoopin still worked 我们说是马岩和是的，先生辩论，因为一个良好的whoopin仍然工作

And if we talked back, we got it again 如果我们谈的时候，我们又得到了它

Back when kids got in fights, they didn't use guns or knives 回来时，孩子们在打架了，他们没有使用枪或刀

A bloody nose was as far as it went 鼻血是尽可能地去

And we all ate our suppers with a Daddy and a Mother 我们都吃过我们的晚餐有爸爸和妈妈

At the table without the t.v. 在没有T.V.表

Yeah, thats how it was and thats how it still oughtta be 是的，这就是它是怎么和那它怎么还oughtta会

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

Well the world was much safer, you could count on your neighbor 好世界是更安全，你可以依靠你的邻居

And a stranger was someone you just hadn't met yet 和一个陌生人被别人你只是还没有遇到

We trusted our preachers, our heroes and teachers 我们信任我们的传道人，我们的英雄们和老师

And believed every word that they said 并认为每一个字，他们说：

   

[Verse 2:] [诗2： ]

There was no credit crunch and gas wasn't so much 有没有信贷紧缩和天然气是没有那么多

And our jobs hadn't gone overseas 而我们的工作并没有前往海外

Yeah, thats how it was and thats how it still oughtta be 是的，这就是它是怎么和那它怎么还oughtta会

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

Yeah, the world was much safer, you could cont on your neighbor 是的，世界是安全多了，你可以续上你的邻居

And a stranger was someone you just hadn't met yet 和一个陌生人被别人你只是还没有遇到

We trusted our preachers, our heroes and teachers 我们信任我们的传道人，我们的英雄们和老师

And believed every word that they said 并认为每一个字，他们说：

   

[Verse 3:] [诗歌3 ： ]

We followed the good book, now every time I look back 我们遵循的好书，现在我每次回头看

I sure do like what I see 我当然不喜欢我所看到的

Yeah, thats how it was and thats how it still oughtta be. 是的，这就是它是怎么和那它怎么还oughtta会。

Yeah, thats how it was and if you're askin me 是的，这就是究竟是怎么回事，如果你地问我

Thats how it still.. oughtta be 那还是怎么了.. oughtta是