Haven't we come a long way 我们不是很长的路要走

From newly-weds in our bed-sitter flat? 从新婚夫妇在我们的床上，保姆平？

We skimped and scraped every penny 我们skimped刮干净每一分钱

For a down payment on our semi-detached. 有关我们双拼首付。

New towns for all the young hopefuls, 对于所有的年轻有希望的新的城镇，

A garden suburb with mortgage attached, 一个花园郊区按揭连接，

Oh, look at us now, sale all agreed, now it's time to exchange the contracts 呵呵，现在看我们，销售都同意，现在是时候来交换合约

With the people who sold us a million-pound semi. 与谁出卖了我们一百万磅半的人。

   

Straight out of national service, 直出国家服务，

Demob suits and short back and sides, Demob西装和短背面和侧面，

And saw the bomb sites turned air-raid shelters, 只见炸弹站点打开防空洞，

Where their families lived all of their lives. 在那里他们的家人都住他们的生活。

Then the nation built them a utopia, 然后，国家建立他们的乌托邦，

With pebbledash on the outside, oh, 随着pebbledash在外面，呵呵，

Look at them now, they've come a long way, they are affluent and bursting with pride. 现在就来看看他们，他们已经走过了漫长的道路，他们是富裕和充满自豪感爆棚。

Soon we'll be sitting inside that million-pound semi-detached, 不久，我们将坐在里面的百万英镑的半独立式，

Detached, in our million-pound semi-detached. 独立，在我们万英镑的半独立式。

Looking back at the past of this million-pound semi. 回首这百万英镑的半过去。

   

Two up two down, a back garden, that was the dream, 两上两下，后花园，那是梦，

Two kids, a cat and a dog, that was the scheme. 两个孩子，一只猫和一只狗，那是计划。

Then the kids both grew up and got married and moved out of home, 然后，这两个孩子长大了，结了婚，并搬出了家，

Then we were strangers again, together alone. 然后大家都是不相识又一起孤独。

Look at us now, what are we like, 现在就来看看我们，什么是我们喜欢的，

Sitting alone in our million-pound semi-detached? 在我们的百万英镑的独自一人坐在半独立？

   

They're all taking early retirement, the sum total of all of their lives. 他们都采取提前退休，合计所有他们的生活中。

Now the country is fat with inflation, immigration has helped us survive. 现在国内是脂肪通货膨胀，移民已经帮助我们生存。

Once an Englishman's home was his castle, 一旦一个英国人的家是他的城堡，

Now it's a freehold investment to buy, oh, 现在，它是一个永久业权投资买的哦，

Look at us now, our debts are all paid, and the Empire has really struck back. 看看我们现在，我们的债务全部支付，帝国真的奋起反击。

We're the proud owners of a one-million-pound semi-detached, 我们是一个一百万英镑的半独立式的骄傲的拥有者，

So detached in our million-pound semi-detached. 因此，脱离了我们万英镑的半独立式。

A new generation is buying and starting anew, 一代新人买再起，

And learning by all their mistakes the way people do. 和所有的错误中学习的方式的人做的。

Like all the young hopefuls we're buying the future from you, 像所有年轻的候选人，我们正在向你买未来，

We hope that one day we'll understand what you've both been through. 我们希望有一天，我们就会明白你既经历过。

Look at us now, what are we like, 现在就来看看我们，什么是我们喜欢的，

Sitting alone, in our million-pound semi-detached? 独坐，在我们万英镑的半独立式？

Look at us now, what are we like, 现在就来看看我们，什么是我们喜欢的，

Sitting alone, in our million-pound semi-detached? 独坐，在我们万英镑的半独立式？