Of all of the people that I used to know 所有我曾经认识的人的

Most never adjusted to the great big world 大多数从来没有调整到广阔天地

I see them lurking in book stores 我看到他们在书店潜伏

Working for the Public Radio 致力于为公共广播电台

Carrying their babies around in a sack on their back 围绕背着自己的孩子在他们的后面一麻袋

Moving careful and slow 移动仔细而缓慢

   

It's money that matters 这是钱重要

Hear what I say 听到我说的话

It's money that matters 这是钱重要

In the USA 在美国

   

All of these people are much brighter than I 所有这些人都是比我更亮

In any fair system they would flourish and thrive 在任何公平的制度，他们将蓬勃发展，茁壮成长

But they barely survive 但是，他们勉强维持生存

They eke out a living and they barely survive 他们勉强维持生活，他们勉强维持生存

   

When I was a young boy, maybe thirteen 当我还是一个小男孩，也许13

I took a hard look around me and asked what does it mean? 我把我身边的一个很难看，问这是什么意思？

So I talked to my father, and he didn't know 所以我跟我的父亲，他不知道

And I talked to my friend and he didn't know 我跟我的朋友，他不知道

And I talked to my brother and he didn't know 我跟我的兄弟，他不知道

And I talked to everybody that I knew 我跟大家说，我知道

   

It's money that matters 这是钱重要

Now you know that it's true 现在，你知道，这是真的

It's money that matters 这是钱重要

Whatever you do 不管你做什么

   

Then I talked to a man lived up on the county line 然后我跟一个人住上县界线

I was washing his car with a friend of mine 我洗他的车和我的一个朋友

He was a little fat guy in a red jumpsuit 他是一个有点胖的家伙在一个红色的连身衣

I said "You look kind of funny" 我说： “你看起来很有趣”

He said "I know that I do" 他说：“我知道我做的”

   

"But I got a great big house on the hill here “但是，我上了希尔一个伟大的大房子在这里

And a great big blonde wife inside it 和里面一个大大的金发妻子

And a great big pool in my backyard and another great big pool beside it 而在我家后院一个大大的游泳池，旁边另一个伟大的大水池

Sonny it's money that matters, hear what I say 桑尼是钱重要，听我说

It's money that matters in the USA 这钱是重要的，在美国

It's money that matters 这是钱重要

Now you know that it's true 现在，你知道，这是真的

It's money that matters whatever you do" 这钱是重要的不管你做什么“