'It seems that family values have changed since I was a kid, at least I remember it that way...' “看来，家庭观念已经改变，因为我还是个孩子，至少我还记得这样的说法......”

   

When I grow up to be a man 当我长大了是个男的

like my father was when I was young 就像我的父亲是我年轻的时候

I hope i can make him so proud of me 我希望我可以让他为我骄傲

Proud enough to call me his son 骄傲足以叫我儿子

   

What makes these people so different now 是什么让现在这些人如此不同

what makes these times so strange? 是什么让这些时间这么奇怪？

seems most people got most everything they need 似乎大多数人得到了大多数他们需要的一切

how come we see this change 为什么我们看到这种变化

   

Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control 我们的儿子和女儿似乎超出了我们的控制

their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul 他们的笑容迅速消失，他们正在失去自己的灵魂

when will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer 当我们将不断学习，但我是一个信徒

   

When I was a boy, did we have more respect? 当我还是个孩子，我们也有更多的尊重吗？

this world seemed a nicer place to be 这个世界似乎是一个更好的地方是

but time slowly passes and one day you look around 但时间慢慢的流逝，有一天，你环顾四周

you hardly recognise what you see 你几乎不认识你所看到的

   

Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control 我们的儿子和女儿似乎超出了我们的控制

their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul 他们的笑容迅速消失，他们正在失去自己的灵魂

now when will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer 现在，当我们将不断学习，但我是一个信徒

   

They're beyond our control 他们是我们无法控制的

   

We're all sons of our fathers 我们是我们祖宗的所有儿子

sometimes I feel like mine 有时候我觉得像我这样的

and I can hear him say, the things I say 我可以听到他说，这个事情我说

seems all things come around in time 似乎所有的事情都围绕在时间

   

Why these things happen we'll never know 为什么这些事情发生，我们永远不知道

guess that was then and this is now 猜测，当时，这是现在

we always knew that change was gonna come 我们一直认为，变化是会来

but I want to go back, please tell me how 但我想回去，请告诉我如何

   

Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control 我们的儿子和女儿似乎超出了我们的控制

their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul 他们的笑容迅速消失，他们正在失去自己的灵魂

when will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer 当我们将不断学习，但我是一个信徒