They keep talking of the things they'd do if we'd only vote them in 他们一直在说的事情，他们会怎么做，如果我们只愿意投他们

One more dollar and all the bickering and suffering would end. 一个多美元，所有的争吵和痛苦将结束。

If you'd sign your 'X' in favour it's three jobs for every man 如果你赞成签上您的“X”是三份工作的每个人

You can burn your boats, thats what they said, 你可以燃烧你的船，那是什么，他们说，

It seemed they had it planned. 看来他们是打算。

And I hope they haven't forgotten, the promises they made 我希望他们没有忘记，承诺他们做了

   

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Cause they said they'd stop the fighting 因为他们说他们会停止战斗

And they said they would bring peace 他们说，他们将带来和平

And they said they'd find a serum that can cure all our disease. 他们说，他们会找一个血清，可以治疗所有的疾病我们。

And they said they'd house the homeless 他们说，他们会安置无家可归

And put black and white in tune 并把黑白搭调

And they said they'd feed a hungry child 他们说，他们会喂饥饿的孩子

And I hope it's someday soon 我希望这是在不久的将来

   

Saw a man sleep in an alley lane with a paper for a bed 看到一个男人睡在一个小巷车道纸一张床

And the headline shown beneath the man and this is what they read, 而该男子的下方显示的标题，这是他们读什么，

"If elected there would be no persons living in the street" “如果当选，就没有人住在马路上”

But the paper couldn't even provide shelter for his freezing feet. 但纸甚至无法提供住所为他冻结起来。

And I hope they haven't forgotten, The promises they made 我希望他们没有被遗忘，应许他们做了

   

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Well they said it would be so different, if we'd would only play their games 嗯，他们说，这将是如此不同，如果我们想只玩他们的游戏

And I've been playing for so long and I swear its still the same! 我已经打了这么久，我发誓，它还是一样的！

   

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