Allentown - Billy Joel

Well we're living here in Allentown
嗯，我们生活在艾伦镇
And they're closing all the factories down
他们关闭了所有的工厂
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
他们在伯利恒消磨时间
Filling out forms
填写表格
Standing in line
排队等待
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
嗯，我们的父亲参加了二战
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
在泽西海岸度过他们的周末
Met our mothers in the USO
在劳军联合组织遇见了我们的母亲
Asked them to dance
邀请她们跳舞
Danced with them slow
与她们慢慢舞动
And we're living here in Allentown
我们生活在艾伦镇
But the restlessness was handed down
但是却感到不安
And it's getting very hard to stay
留下来越来越困难
Well we're waiting here in Allentown
嗯，我们在艾伦镇等待
For the Pennsylvania we never found
只为我们不曾发现的宾夕法尼亚州
For the promises our teachers gave
为我们老师给出的承诺
If we worked hard
如果我们努力学习
If we behaved
如果我们好好表现
So the graduations hang on the wall
我们的毕业照就会挂在墙上
But they never really helped us at all
但是他们却永远无法帮助我们
No they never taught us what was real
不，他们从未把现实的东西教授给我们
Iron and coke
铁,焦炭
And chromium steel
还有铬钢
And we're waiting here in Allentown
我们在艾伦镇等待
But they've taken all the coal from the ground
但是他们夺走了所有的煤炭
And the union people crawled away
而且工会的人逃之夭夭
Every child had a pretty good shot
每个孩子的枪法都很精准
To get at least as far as their old man got
能与他们的父亲相提并论
But something happened on the way to that place
但是在前往那里的途中会发生变故
They threw an American flag in our face
他们在我们的面前扔掉了美国国旗
Well living here in AllentownI'm
嗯，我住在艾伦镇
And it's hard to keep a good man down
很难打败一个好人
But I won't be getting up today
但是我今天我不会站起来
And it's getting very hard to stay
留下来越来越困难
And we're living here in Allentown
我们生活在艾伦镇