Back in '39 she was 26 早在'39 ，她是26

The wife of a soldier tryin' to raise four kids 一个士兵试着对妻子提出的四个孩子

On rationed out beans and watered down milk 在配给了豆类和冲淡的牛奶

Tryin' to keep 'em all warm with a patchwork quilt 试着让他们所有温暖，绗缝被

That great depression ended about 1945 这大萧条结束了关于1945年

But grandma lived to be 92 但奶奶活到92

See, tough times don't last 你看，困难时期不会持续

Tough people do 坚韧的人做

Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstraps 坚韧的人自拔了由白手起家

When they hit hard luck 当他们打你倒霉

And they stay strong and they keep on fightin' 他们强留，他们继续奋力抗争

Like they don't know how to lose 就像他们不知道如何失去

Tough times don't last 困难时期不会持续

Tough people do 坚韧的人做

Those talkin' heads on CNN 在CNN说话者的头

Say we'll never get out of this hole we're in 说我们永远不会得到这个洞我们在出

The price of gas is up and the market's down 天然气价格上涨和市场下跌

And there's a bunch of empty houses in every town 还有的在每一个城市一堆空房子

Well, I'd interrupt that program with a little headline of my own 好吧，我会中断该程序用我自己的一点点头条

This just in from the old red, white and blue 这是刚刚从旧的红色，白色和蓝色

Tough times don't last 困难时期不会持续

Tough people do 坚韧的人做

Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstraps 坚韧的人自拔了由白手起家

When they hit hard luck 当他们打你倒霉

And they stay strong and they keep on fightin' 他们强留，他们继续奋力抗争

Like they don't know how to lose 就像他们不知道如何失去

Tough times don't last 困难时期不会持续

Tough people do 坚韧的人做

I've been out of work since mid July 自七月中旬我一直没有工作

My bank account's about bone dry 我的银行账户的有关骨干

Been lookin' for a job no luck so far 被追寻的工作至今没有运气

But I bought a little time when I sold my car 不过，我买了一点时间，当我卖我车

Well, I'll go dig a ditch if that's what it takes 好吧，我这就去挖一条沟，如果这就是它需要

Baby, somehow or another we'll get through 宝贝，不知何故或其他我们会通过

Tough times don't last 困难时期不会持续

Tough times don't last 困难时期不会持续

Tough people do 坚韧的人做

Tough people do 坚韧的人做