The Free Electric Band

My father is a doctor, he's a family man
我老爹是个医生，他是个有家室的人
My mother works for charity whenever she can
我的老妈为慈善事业工作
And they 're bothgood clean Americans who abide by the law
他们是守法的纯正的美国人
And they both stick up for liberty and they both support the war
他们两个都支持自由，支持战争
My happiness was paid for when they laid their money down
他们不在执着于钱的时候，我的幸福得到了回报
For summers in a summer camp and winters in the town
夏季的夏令营和冬季的小城
My future in the system was talked about and planned
我的未来被系统的讨论和规划
But I gave it up for music and The Free Electric Band
但是我放弃了音乐和自由电子乐队。

I went to school in hand-washed shirts with neatly ordered hair
我穿着整整齐齐的手洗衬衫上学
And the school was big ang newly built and filled whith light and air
学校是新建的，充满了阳光和空气
And the teachers taught us values that we had to learn to keep
老师教导我们必须学会坚持的价值观
And they'd clip the ear of any idle kid who went to sleep
他们会掐住那些昏昏欲睡的懒孩子的耳朵
And my father organised for me a college in the east
我的老爹在东部给我找了个大学
But I went to Clifornia, the sunshine and the beach
但我去了加利弗吉亚州，那里有阳光和海岸
My parents and my lecturers could never understand
我父母和我的讲师永远不会明白
Why I gave it up for music and The Free Electric Band
我为什么放弃了音乐和自由电子乐队
Well,they used to sit and speculate upon their son's career
嗯，他们常常坐下来思考儿子的事业
A lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineers
一个律师或者一个医生以及一个工程师
Just give me bread and water, put a guitar in my hand
只需要给我水和面包，把吉他拿给我
Cause all I need is music and The Free Electric Band
因为我需要音乐和自由电子乐队

My father sent me money and I spent it very fast
我父亲给我寄了钱，我花得很快
On a girl I met in Berkeley in a social science class
我在伯克利的一个社会科学课上认识了一个女孩
Yes, and we learnt about her body but her mind we didn't know
是的，我们了解了她的身体但我们不知道她在想什么
Until deep rooted attitudes and morals began to
直到根深蒂固的态度和道德开始显现
She wanted to get married even though she never said
她想结婚，尽管她从没说过
But I knew her well enough by now to see inside her head
但我现在已经很了解她了，我能看透她的内心
She'd settle for suburbia and a little patch of land
她会适应郊区上的一小块土地
So I gave her up for music and The Free Electric Band
所以我放弃了她选择了音乐和自由电子乐队

Ooh...The Free Electric Band
哦...自由电子乐队