My father cut his toe off 我父亲把他的脚趾离

In a rotary lawn mower 在旋转割草机

And my mother burst a blood vessel 和我妈爆血管

When my younger brother went to jail. 当我弟弟进了监狱。

   

So I told her not to worry 所以我告诉她不要担心

Not to get in such a flurry 不要让这样的混乱

We're just an ordinary family 我们只是一个普通家庭

With the usual calamity. 与通常的灾难。

   

When I was just a virgin lad 当我还是一个处女的小伙子

My mother faked a suicide 我的母亲伪造自杀

Because she found the tell-tale sign 因为她发现搬弄是非的标志

Of puberty upon the sheets. 中经张早熟。

   

So I told her not to worry 所以我告诉她不要担心

Not to get in such a flurry 不要让这样的混乱

We're just an ordinary family 我们只是一个普通家庭

With the usual calamity. 与通常的灾难。

   

We always try to look our best 我们总是试图寻找我们最好的

We always take care when we dress 我们始终以照顾当我们装扮

We always wear clean underwear 我们总是穿着干净的内裤

In case we're in an accident. 如果我们是在一次事故。

   

When I become a married man 当我成为一个已婚男人

With children of my very own 用我自己的孩子

Will I lay my inhibitions on 我把我的禁忌

And criticise their sexuality? 批评他们的性倾向？

   

Will I use them to protect respect? 我会用它们来保护方面？

Will I try to own them flesh and bone? 我会尽量拥有它们的肉和骨头？

Or will I be their equal friend? 或者我是他们的平等的朋友吗？

Encouraging their new ideas? 鼓励他们的新想法？

   

For the future lies within their hands 对于未来在于他们的手之内

And the salvation of all these lands 而所有这些土地的救赎

Yes, the ordinary family 是的，普通家庭

Is the only way to set us free. 是我们自由的唯一途径。

   

Set us free, set us free 我们自由，我们自由

Set us free, set us free 我们自由，我们自由

Set us free. 我们自由。