The Free Electric Band

My father is a doctor, he's a family man
我老爹是個醫生，他是個有家室的人
My mother works for charity whenever she can
我的老媽為慈善事業工作
And they 're bothgood clean Americans who abide by the law
他們是守法的純正的美國人
And they both stick up for liberty and they both support the war
他們兩個都支持自由，支持戰爭
My happiness was paid for when they laid their money down
他們不在執著於錢的時候，我的幸福得到了回報
For summers in a summer camp and winters in the town
夏季的夏令營和冬季的小城
My future in the system was talked about and planned
我的未來被系統的討論和規劃
But I gave it up for music and The Free Electric Band
但是我放棄了音樂和自由電子樂隊。

I went to school in hand-washed shirts with neatly ordered hair
我穿著整整齊齊的手洗襯衫上學
And the school was big ang newly built and filled whith light and air
學校是新建的，充滿了陽光和空氣
And the teachers taught us values that we had to learn to keep
老師教導我們必須學會堅持的價值觀
And they'd clip the ear of any idle kid who went to sleep
他們會掐住那些昏昏欲睡的懶孩子的耳朵
And my father organised for me a college in the east
我的老爹在東部給我找了個大學
But I went to Clifornia, the sunshine and the beach
但我去了加利弗吉亞州，那裡有陽光和海岸
My parents and my lecturers could never understand
我父母和我的講師永遠不會明白
Why I gave it up for music and The Free Electric Band
我為什麼放棄了音樂和自由電子樂隊
Well,they used to sit and speculate upon their son's career
嗯，他們常常坐下來思考兒子的事業
A lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineers
一個律師或者一個醫生以及一個工程師
Just give me bread and water, put a guitar in my hand
只需要給我水和麵包，把吉他拿給我
Cause all I need is music and The Free Electric Band
因為我需要音樂和自由電子樂隊

My father sent me money and I spent it very fast
我父親給我寄了錢，我花得很快
On a girl I met in Berkeley in a social science class
我在伯克利的一個社會科學課上認識了一個女孩
Yes, and we learnt about her body but her mind we didn't know
是的，我們了解了她的身體但我們不知道她在想什麼
Until deep rooted attitudes and morals began to
直到根深蒂固的態度和道德開始顯現
She wanted to get married even though she never said
她想結婚，儘管她從沒說過
But I knew her well enough by now to see inside her head
但我現在已經很了解她了，我能看透她的內心
She'd settle for suburbia and a little patch of land
她會適應郊區上的一小塊土地
So I gave her up for music and The Free Electric Band
所以我放棄了她選擇了音樂和自由電子樂隊

Ooh...The Free Electric Band
哦...自由電子樂隊