"A new age is dawning “一个新的时代正在到来

On fewer than expected 在少于预期

Business as Usual" 一切照旧“

That's how the headline read 这就是标题阅读

Some shaky modern saviors 有些摇摇欲坠的现代救星

Have now been resurrected 现在已经复活

In all this excitement 在这一切的热闹

You may have been misled 你可能被误导

   

People want a miracle 人们希望奇迹

They say "Oh Lord, can't you see us? 他们说：“主啊，你没看到我们吗？

We're tryin' to make a livin' down here 我们试着做一个活着到这里

And keep the children fed" 并让孩子们喂“

But, from little dark motel rooms 但是，从阴暗的小旅馆房间

To "Six Flags over Jesus" 以“六旗耶稣”

"How are the mighty fallen" “何竟堕落”

So the Bible said 所以圣经说：

   

You don't have to pray to a little tin god 你不必祈求一个小锡神

Step out of the way for a little tin god 步闪开了一小锡神

You might fear the reaper, fear the rod 你可能会畏惧死神，怕杆

But you never have to get down on your knees 但是你从来没有趴下你的膝盖

You don't have to holler, "please, please" 你没有发牢骚， “请，请”

No, you never have to get down on your knees 不，你从来没有趴下你的膝盖

For a little tin god 对于一个小锡神

   

The cowboy's name was "Jingo" 牛仔的名字是“极端爱国义”

And he heard that there was trouble 他听到有麻烦

So in a blaze of glory 因此，在荣耀之光

He rode out of the west 他骑了西部

No one was ever certain 没有人是永远的某些

What it was that he was sayin' 这是什么，他说

But they loved it when he told them 但他们喜欢它，当他告诉他们

They were better than the rest 他们比其他人更好

   

But you don't have to pray to a little tin god 但你不必祈求一点点锡神

Step out of the way for a little tin god 步闪开了一小锡神

You might hate the system, hate the job 你可能会仇恨系统，恨的工作

But you never have to get down on your knees 但是你从来没有趴下你的膝盖

You don't have to holler, "please, please" 你没有发牢骚， “请，请”

No, you never have to get down on your knees 不，你从来没有趴下你的膝盖

For a little tin god 对于一个小锡神

   

Throw down a rope from heaven 扔从天上降下来一根绳子

And lead the flock to water 并带领羊群水

The man in the middle would have you think 中间的男人会让你觉得

That you have no other choice 你有没有其他的选择

But to wander in the wilderness 但要在旷野飘流

Of all the upturned faces 所有仰着面孔

If you stop and listen long enough 如果你停下来听够长

You will hear your own small voice 你会听到自己的声音小

   

But you don't have to pray to a little tin god 但你不必祈求一点点锡神

Step out of the way for a little tin god 步闪开了一小锡神

You might fear the reaper, fear the rod 你可能会畏惧死神，怕杆

But you never have to get down on your knees 但是你从来没有趴下你的膝盖

You don't have to holler, "please, please" 你没有发牢骚， “请，请”

No, you never have to get down on your knees 不，你从来没有趴下你的膝盖

Never have to holler, "please, please" 从来没有发牢骚， “请，请”

You never have to get down on your knees 你从来没有趴下你的膝盖

You never have to holler, "please, please" 你从来没有发牢骚， “请，请”

You never have to get down on your knees 你从来没有趴下你的膝盖

For a little tin god 对于一个小锡神