Bricks and mortar, reflecting social change, 砖头，反映了社会的变化，

Cracks in the pavement, reveal cravings for success 在路面裂缝，露出渴望成功

Why do we try to hide our past 为什么我们试图掩盖我们过去

By pulling down houses and build car parks 由城市房屋拆迁和建设停车场

Windows and mirrors like a two-way glass 窗户和镜子像一个双向玻璃

This is progress, nothing stands in its path 这是一种进步，没有站在其路径

   

Yellow bulldozers, the donkey jackets and J.C.B.'s 黄色推土机，驴夹克和JCB的

While hundreds are homeless they're constructing a parking space 另有数百人无家可归，他们正在建设一个停车位

   

Why do they have to knock them down 他们为什么要敲下来

And leave the site dormant for months on end? 而离开网站蛰伏数月之久？

Who has the right to make that choice? 谁有权做出这样的选择的权利？

A man whose home has cost forty grand 一个人的家里已经花费40大

   

Tell me! 告诉我！

   

Bricks and mortar, bricks and mortar 砖头，砖头

Knock 'em down! 敲时间了！