When Karl Marx was a boy 当卡尔·马克思是个男孩

He took a hard look around 他用力拍了一下身边

He saw people were starving all over the place 他看到人们到处都挨饿

While others were painting the town (buh, buh, buh) 而另一些绘画画乡（寮步，寮步，寮步）

The public spirited boy 在热心公益的男孩

Became a public spirited man 成为了一个热心公益的人

So he worked very hard and he read everything 于是，他很努力，他读到的一切

Until he came up with a plan 直到他想出了一个计划

   

There'll be no exploitation 再也没有剥削

Of the worker or his kin 职工或其亲属

No discrimination 'cause the color of your skin 无歧视“使你的肤色

No more private property 没有更多的私有财产

It would not be allowed 这将不会被允许

No one could rise too high 没有人能升得太高

No one could sink too low 没有人能下沉过低

Or go under completely like some we all know 或者去下完全像一些大家都知道

   

If Marx were living today 如果马克思今天住

He'd be rolling around in his grave 他会在他的坟墓被滚来滚去

And if I had him here in my mansion on the hill 如果我让他在我这里的豪宅在山上

I'd tell him a story t'would give his old heart a chill 我给他讲故事twould给他的老心脏一阵寒意

It's something that happened to me 这件事情发生在我身上

   

I'd say, Karl I recently stumbled 我会说，卡尔最近我偶然发现

Into a new family 到一个新的家庭

With two little children in school 在学校的两个小的孩子

Where all little children should be 在那里所有的小孩子应该是

I went to the orientation 我去的方向

All the young mommies were there 所有的年轻妈妈们在那里

Karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight 卡尔，你从来没有见过这么壮观的景色

As these beautiful women arrayed for the night 由于这些美女摆着过夜

Just like countesses, empresses, movie stars and queens 就像伯爵夫人，皇后，电影明星和王后

And they'd come there with men much like me 他们会去那里与人很像我

Froggish men, unpleasant to see Froggish男人，不愉快的看

Were you to kiss one, Karl 被你吻之一，卡尔

Nary a prince would there be 进制王子会有

   

Oh Karl the world isn't fair 哦，卡尔的世界是不公平的

It isn't and never will be 它不是，也永远不会成为

They tried out your plan 他们尝试了你的计划

It brought misery instead 它带来的痛苦，而不是

If you'd seen how they worked it 如果你看到他们是如何工作的这

You'd be glad you were dead 你会很高兴你已经死了

Just like I'm glad I'm living in the land of the free 就像我很高兴我现在住在自由的土地

Where the rich just get richer 当富人只得到更丰富

And the poor you don't ever have to see 而可怜的你千万不要都看

It would depress us, Karl 它会抑制我们，卡尔

Because we care 因为我们关心

That the world still isn't fair 这个世界仍然是不公平的