Well oh well I feel I'm in decay 好了哦，我觉得我在衰变

John Laws is on the air again 约翰·法是在空气再次

It's heavy traffic, jacarandas, eye in the sky and foot on ground 这是车水马龙， jacarandas ，天眼和脚在地面上

I see a million sand speck'd ants in mortal combat hand to hand 我看到一个致命的打击手千万沙speckd蚂蚁手

   

And I feel that I 而且我觉得我

Yes I feel that I 是的，我觉得我

Seem to live this life long distance 似乎这生命的长途

gaze at the things surround me 凝视的东西围绕着我

People rolling in and out 人轧进出

Those circles and tides confound me 这些圆圈和潮汐混淆了我

   

And there's just one thing 还有的一件事

Yes there's just one thing 是有一件事

   

Who can stand in the way 谁可以站在路

When there's a dollar to be made? 当有一块钱进行？

   

I was hanging round off Dobroyd Point 我被吊轮关Dobroyd点

When the first fleet chain sailed in 当第一舰队链中航行

Looked into the clearest blue 看着清亮的蓝

The scurvy smell, the convicts cry 坏血病气味，犯人哭了

   

And we just carried on, 我们只是进行，

Yes we just carried on 是的，我们只是进行

   

Now choppers strafe the supermarket sky 现在直升机扫射超市天空

and people wonder why 人们想知道为什么

Chopping down tons of trees 砍伐吨的树木

Got seas of print not a soul can read say 打印了海洋没有一个人可以读说

Why do I drown you build brick boxes 为什么我淹死你建砖盒

One by one now they block my sun 一个接一个，现在他们挡住我的阳光

But it's metal on metal 但它是在金属的金属

It's the dance of TV 这是电视舞蹈

If Christ were here he'd camera check 如果基督在这里他会检查相机

He'd cry so loud the planes would stop 他会哭得那么大声的飞机将停

He'd cry so loud the earth would shake 他会哭得那么大声地会动摇

And men would fall in tinsel town 而男人会爱上金属丝镇

   

There's just one thing 只是有一件事

Yes there's just one thing... 是有一件事...

   

Who can stand in the way 谁可以站在路

When there's a dollar to be made? 当有一块钱进行？

   

Precious moments, precious few 珍贵的瞬间，珍贵的几

When that dollar's more than me and you 当美元的超过我和你

It's the joy of forgetting, 这是遗忘的喜悦，

Such a joy to forget 这样的喜悦，忘记

But we killed all our firstborn 但是，我们杀了我们所有的长子

And we slashed and we burned 我们削减我们烧

And we sold off the paddocks 我们卖掉了牧场

And we raped and we gouged 我们强奸了，我们挖出

On the wings of a six-pack 在六组的翅膀

Will we ever learn? 我们永远不会学到什么？

   

[Spoken] [口语]

   

When the spinifex hit Sydney, it was the last thing we expected 当三齿稃打悉尼，这是我们所期望的最后一件事

When the desert to Gladesville, we tried to tame it 当沙漠Gladesville ，我们试图驯服它

And when the emus grazed at Pyrmont, it suddenly dawned on us all 当动车组在擦过皮尔蒙特，才恍然大悟，原来我们都

Hah, finally the world was silent and the door was shut. 哈，终于在世界是无声的，门就关上了。