Don't wanna read the paper 不想看报纸

I don't like bad news 我不喜欢坏消息

Last night a man got shot 昨晚，一名男子被射杀

Outside the house of blues 外蓝调之屋

I'd like to ignore it 我想忽略它

I'd like to just pretend 我想假装

That the reason for it 对于它的原因

Is something I can comprehend 是我能够理解

   

I don't listen to the radio 我不听收音机

Last time it made me cry 最后一次让我哭

Two boys went crazy 两个男孩疯了

Fifteen kids died 十五个孩子死了

And I don't know their families 我不知道他们的家庭

I don't ask 'em how they're going 我不问时间，他们将如何

They're on the other side of the world 他们在世界的另一边

But it's way too close to home 但它太接近家

   

I've got something to say 我有话要说

And I thought it might be worth a 我想这可能是值得

mention 提

If you're not pissed off at the world 如果你没有在世界生气

Then you're just not paying attention 然后，你只是没有注意

And you can turn off the TV 你也可以关掉电视

And go about your day 去你的一天

But just 'cos you don't see it 但是，仅仅“因为你没有看到它

It don't mean its gone away hey 这并不意味着它的消失嘿嘿

   

We don't talk to our neighbours 我们不向我们的邻居

They've got funny coloured skin 他们已经得到了有趣的彩色皮

We see 'em out on the sidewalk 我们看见他们出来在人行道上

But we don't invite 'em in 但我们不邀请时间在

We only eat when we're hungry 我们只有当我们饥饿的时候吃

And we throw the rest away 我们扔掉剩下的路程

While babies in Cambodia 虽然婴儿在柬埔寨

Are starving everyday 正在挨饿的日常

   

We risk our lives 我们冒的风险我们的生活

We hit our wives 我们打我们的妻子

We act like everything is funny 我们像一切都是搞笑

We hide our pain 我们隐藏我们的痛

While we go insane 虽然我们去疯狂

We sell our souls for money 我们卖我们的灵魂为钱

We curse our mums 我们骂我们的妈妈

We build our bombs 我们建立我们的炸弹

We make our children cry 我们让我们的孩子哭泣

We watch the band 看乐队

While Vietnam 而越南

Just watch their children die 只是看着自己的孩子死去