"An extremely quiet child" they called you in your school reports “一个非常安静的孩子”，他们在你的学校成绩报告给你打电话

"He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught" “他总是被关心他的教授科目”

So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive 那么又是什么带来的警车尖叫了您的驱动器

To notify your parents of the manner in which you died 要通知你的父母在你死的方式

   

At St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins 在圣帕特里克每个星期天，父亲弗莱彻听到你的罪

"Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win" “哦，他是不关心比赛，他从来没有在乎赢”

But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun 但血丝一个年轻的手从未举行过枪

And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son 和他的父母从来没有把他当成自己的儿子陷入困境

   

"Now you'll never get to Heaven" Mama said “现在，你将永远不会得到天堂”妈妈说

Remember Mama said 记得妈妈说

Ticking, ticking 滴答，滴答

"Grow up straight and true blue “长大直和真正的蓝

Run along to bed" 沿着睡觉跑“

Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking 听到它，听到它，滴答，滴答

   

They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest 他们有你在市中心的一个酒吧龟缩尖叫牧师

Some gook said "His brain's just snapped" then someone called the police 有人对韩国人说， “他的大脑只是啪”后来有人报了警

You'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down 你刀砍一个黑人服务员谁曾试图平静下来，你

Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground 哦，你救了一把枪，并告诉他们都静静地躺着地上

   

Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still 有希望伤害任何人，只要他们仍然

A young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed 一名年轻男子试图做出突破，用泪水盈满眼眶，你打死

That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm 这枪托觉得很光滑，温暖的怀抱在你的手掌

Oh your childhood cried out in your head "they mean to do you harm" 哦，你的童年大叫你的头“，他们的意思是你害”

   

"Don't ever ride on the devil's knee" Mama said “永远不要骑在魔鬼的膝盖”妈妈说：

Remember mama said 记得妈妈说的

Ticking, ticking 滴答，滴答

"Pay your penance well, my child “支付你的忏悔好，我的孩子

Fear where angels tread" 怕在那里天使们踩着“

Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking 听到它，听到它，滴答，滴答

   

Within an hour the news had reached the media machine 在一个小时的新闻已经达到媒体机

A male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens 一名男性白人拿着枪就在皇后区去疯抢

The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school 该地区已经被封锁了，孩子们从学校送回家

Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule 十四人在酒吧横尸他们所谓的骡子踢

   

Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside 噢，他们恳求你的理智中，为了那些

"Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high" “扔掉你的枪，走出缓慢的只是保持你的双手举高”

But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door 但正如你走出门抽你充满步枪弹

Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law 哦，你死跳舞喜欢上了法律的复仇牵线木偶

   

"You've slept too long in silence" Mama said “你在沉默中睡觉过长”妈妈说

Remember Mama said 记得妈妈说

Ticking, ticking 滴答，滴答

"Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head" “疯狂的男孩，你只风与陌生的概念在你的头脑”

Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking 听到它，听到它，滴答，滴答