Mama don't like your holey shoes 妈妈不喜欢你的多孔鞋

Scrapping in the back yard-four be two 刮痧在后院四是两个

Daddy's smokin' motor didn't make it up the hill 爸爸戒掉电机没能上山

Mama can't pay, she got one day 妈妈不能支付，她得到了1天

She got no money for the telephone bill 她没有钱的电话费

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Everything falls apart 一切都分崩离析

 

Mama says to Papa now 'Where ya been?' 妈妈说爸爸到现在， “凡亚了？ ”

Papa says 'I'm sorry Mama, I got a full skin' 爸爸说： “对不起妈妈，我得到了一个完整的皮肤”

Mama get excited, she having an attack 妈妈感到兴奋，她具有攻击

Mama spins round, Daddy hits the ground 妈妈纺轮，爸爸打地面

For too long now she's been taking up the slack 太久，现在她已经走了松弛

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Everything falls apart 一切都分崩离析

 

Jimmy coming home now-see him on the run 吉米回家，现在，看到他在奔跑

Mama's going through the cupboards, looking for a can 妈妈的经历橱柜，找一个可以

Daddy on a ladder, TV on the blink 爸爸在梯子上，电视上的闪烁

Mama can't think, Daddy's feeling like a drink 妈妈也想不到，爸爸的感觉就像喝一杯

And all the dirty dishes, lord, are piling up the sink! 和所有的脏盘子，主阿，堆放在水槽！

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Everything falls apart 一切都分崩离析

Tighten up, tighten up 收紧，收紧

Everything falls apart 一切都分崩离析