Oh, I learned a lesson 哦，我吸取了教训

From the Twentieth Century 从二十世纪

That I don't think we can just dismiss 我不认为我们可以完全否定

After one hundred years 经过百年

Of inhumanity 不人道

The lesson that I learned was this: 我的教训是这样的：

   

Sometimes the solution 有时解决方案

Is worse than the problem 比问题更糟

Let's stay together 让我们在一起

   

Well I bought a ticket 好吧，我买了票

To the revolution 革命

And I cheered when the statues fell 我欢呼雀跃时，雕像下跌

Everyone came 每个人都来了

To destroy what was rotten 毁灭是什么烂

But they killed off what was good as well 但是，他们杀死了什么是好的，以及

   

Sometimes the solution 有时解决方案

Is worse than the problem 比问题更糟

Let's stay together 让我们在一起

   

Stay with me 留在我身边

This century 本世纪

Together we're better 我们在一起会更好

   

Oh, I learned a lesson 哦，我吸取了教训

From the Twentieth Century 从二十世纪

It may seem somewhat hit or miss 这似乎有点漫无

If you've certainty 如果你已经确定

'bout the way it's all meant to be 回合的方式，它的所有的意思是

The lesson that you need is this: 你所需要的经验是这样的：

   

Sometimes the solution 有时解决方案

Is worse than the problem 比问题更糟

Let's stay together 让我们在一起