In a town near Albuquerque 在阿尔伯克基附近的一个小镇

Lived a most concerned young boy 过着最关心的小男孩

He said lately I have noticed 他说，最近我注意到

Folks don't live with peace and joy 人不生活在和平和欢乐

   

With frowns and worry on their faces 随着皱眉而烦恼在他们的脸上

They're lost and don't know where to go 他们迷路了，不知道哪里去了

He said I'll get the people straightened 他说，我去把人拉直

By putting on a puppet show 通过将一个木偶戏

   

The young New Mexican puppeteer 这位年轻的墨西哥新木偶

He saw the people all lived in fear 他所看见的人民都生活在恐惧中

He thought that maybe they'd listen to 他想，也许他们会听

A puppet telling them what to do 木偶告诉他们该怎么做

   

You know he got some string and he got some wood 你知道他有一些字符串，他得到了一些木材

He did some carving and he was good 他做了一些雕刻和他好

And folks came running so they could hear 和乡亲们跑过来，使他们能听到

The young New Mexican puppeteer 这位年轻的墨西哥新木偶

   

First he carved out young Abe Lincoln 首先，他雕刻出年轻的林肯

Abe will teach 'em civil rights 安倍晋三教时间公民权

Then a King named Martin Luther 然后，国王叫马丁·路德·

So they'd recall his peaceful fight 所以，他们会记得他的和平斗争

   

Old Mark Twain, his wit and wisdom 旧马克·吐温，他的机智和智慧

Will surely show them life is fun 必将让他们的生活乐趣

But he smiled with satisfaction 但他满意地笑了

When the Prince of Peace was done 当和平的王子做

   

The young New Mexican puppeteer 这位年轻的墨西哥新木偶

He saw the people all lived in fear 他所看见的人民都生活在恐惧中

He thought that maybe they'd listen to 他想，也许他们会听

A puppet telling them what to do 木偶告诉他们该怎么做

   

You know he got some string and he got some wood 你知道他有一些字符串，他得到了一些木材

He did some carving and he was good 他做了一些雕刻和他好

And folks came running so they could hear 和乡亲们跑过来，使他们能听到

The young New Mexican puppeteer 这位年轻的墨西哥新木偶

   

Now his puppet shows were clever 现在，他的木偶戏是聪明的

And he made the people laugh 他用让人捧腹

When he got across the message 当他越过了消息

To walk along life's open path 步行沿着人生的开放路径

   

They built him his own puppet theatre 他们建立了他自己的木偶剧

Decked out with spotlights yellow and red 挂满了聚光灯黄色和红色

And then they wrote him up in all the papers 然后，他们给他写了在所有文件

And this is what the story said 这就是这个故事说的话

   

It said... 它说...

   

The young New Mexican puppeteer 这位年轻的墨西哥新木偶

He saw the people all lived in fear 他所看见的人民都生活在恐惧中

He thought that maybe they would listen to 他认为，也许他们会听

A puppet telling them what to do 木偶告诉他们该怎么做

   

You know he got some string and he got some wood 你知道他有一些字符串，他得到了一些木材

He did some carving and he was good 他做了一些雕刻和他好

And folks came running so they could hear 和乡亲们跑过来，使他们能听到

The young New Mexican puppeteer 这位年轻的墨西哥新木偶

   

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