Well ain't it a shame

这不是耻辱

That our short little memories

那是我们简短的回忆

Never seem to learn

似乎从没学习过

The message of history

历史的信息

We keep makin' the same mistakes

我们一直犯同样的错误

Over and over and over and over again

一次又一次

And then we wonder why

然后我们会想为什么

We're in the shape we're in

我们就是我们

Good ol' boys down at the bar

好男孩在酒吧

Peanuts and politics

谈论着生活和政治

They think they know it all

他们认为他们知道一切

They don't know much of nothing

他们什么都知道

Even if one of them was to read the newspaper

即使他们当中只有一个人看报纸

看所有的报纸

That ain't what's going on

不知发生了什么事

Journalism's dead and gone

没有新闻报道

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

Light fading and the fog is getting thicker

灯光越来越暗淡，雾越来越浓

It's a frail grasp on the big picture

是弱势群体掌控了大局

Dark ages

黑暗时代

你是我挚爱的朋友

All that red wine and candlelight

所有的红酒和烛光

Soulful conversations

情人们深情地对话

That go on until the dawn

一直在持续直到黄昏

How many times can you tell your story

你能讲述多少次你的故事呢

How many hangovers can you endure

有多少宿醉你能忍受

Just to get some snuggling done

只是为了能够依偎在别人身旁吗

You're living in a hollow dream

你活在一个空的梦想之中

You don't have the slightest notion

你没有任何概念

天长地久的爱是怎样的

All your romantic liasons

是所有浪漫的关系

Don't deal with eternal questions like

不要处理像这样的问题

Who left the cap off the freaking toothpaste

谁把牙膏盖弄掉了

Whose turn to take the garbage out

该谁倒垃圾了

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

You keep on rubbin' that you're gonna get a blister

一直摩擦你就会得到一个水泡

It's a frail grasp on the big picture

这是弱势群体掌控大局

I've seen it all before

我以前就看到过这些

And we pray to our Lord

我们向主祈祷

Who we know is American

我们知道是美国人

He reigns from on high

他统治称王

He speaks to us through middlemen

他通过经纪商向我们讲话

And he shepherds his flock

他和他的牧羊人

We sing out and we praise His name

我们唱歌，我们赞扬他的名字

He supports us in war

他在战争中支持我们

He presides over football games

他主持足球比赛

And the right will prevail

权利将会得到

All our troubles shall be resolved

我们所有的麻烦也会解决

We have faith in the Lord

我们对我们的主有信心

Unless there's money or sex involved

除非涉及钱和色

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

没有人会殴打投手

It's a frail grasp on the big picture

这是弱势群体掌控大局

Heaven help us

上帝帮助我们

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

All waiting for that miracle elixir

都在等待古典摇滚

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

I don't wonder anymore

我不再疑惑

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

Somebody says "You brought her here so go ahead and kiss her

有人说，你把她带到这所以上前去亲吻她

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

Light fading and the fog is getting thicker

灯光越来越暗淡，雾越来越浓

It's a frail grasp on the big picture

这是弱势群体掌控大局

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

Frail grasp on the big picture

弱势群体掌控大局

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