Allentown

Well we're living here in Allentown

嗯，我们生活在艾伦镇

And they're closing all the factories down

他们关闭了所有的工厂

Out in Bethlehem they're killing time

他们在伯利恒消磨时间

Filling out forms

填写表格

Standing in line

排队等待

Well our fathers fought the Second World War

嗯，我们的父亲参加了二战

Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore

在泽西海岸度过他们的周末

Met our mothers in the USO

在劳军联合组织遇见了我们的母亲

Asked them to dance

邀请她们跳舞

Danced with them slow

与她们慢慢舞动

And we're living here in Allentown

我们生活在艾伦镇

But the restlessness was handed down

但是却感到不安

And it's getting very hard to stay

留下来越来越困难

Well we're waiting here in Allentown

嗯，我们在艾伦镇等待

For the Pennsylvania we never found

只为我们不曾发现的宾夕法尼亚州

For the promises our teachers gave

为我们老师给出的承诺

If we worked hard

如果我们努力学习

If we behaved

如果我们好好表现

So the graduations hang on the wall

我们的毕业照就会挂在墙上

But they never really helped us at all

但是他们却永远无法帮助我们

No they never taught us what was real

不，他们从未把现实的东西教授给我们

Iron and coke

铁,焦炭

And chromium steel

还有铬钢

And we're waiting here in Allentown

我们在艾伦镇等待

But they've taken all the coal from the ground

但是他们夺走了所有的煤炭

And the union people crawled away

而且工会的人逃之夭夭

Every child had a pretty good shot

每个孩子的枪法都很精准

To get at least as far as their old man got

能与他们的父亲相提并论

But something happened on the way to that place

但是在前往那里的途中会发生变故

They threw an American flag in our face

他们在我们的面前扔掉了美国国旗

Well living here in AllentownI'm

嗯，我住在艾伦镇

And it's hard to keep a good man down

很难打败一个好人

But I won't be getting up today

但是我今天我不会站起来

And it's getting very hard to stay

留下来越来越困难

And we're living here in Allentown

我们生活在艾伦镇