Where Do The Children Play

此歌反映了1960年代末涉及的一切问题，战争、城市扩张、贫穷、环境灾难以及人类的未来，Stevens在歌曲中重复演唱着同样的主题

Well I think it's fine, building jumbo planes.
`当然我认为如此挺好的，可以建一架巨大的飞机`
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train.
`或者坐上宇宙列车，开始一段旅行`
Switch on summer from a slot machine.
`或许向售货机中投下一枚硬币，便迎来浪漫的夏日`
Get what you want to if you want, 'cause you can get anything.
`如今如果你愿意，你可以获得你渴望的一切，因为你一定可以得到`

I know we've come a long way,
`我明白，我们已经经历过人间百态`
We're changing day to day,
`我们一天天都在变化`
But tell me, where do the children play?
`但是，能否告诉我，那些孩子们在哪里玩耍呢？`

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass.
`当然，你可以在鲜嫩的绿地上，穿梭而过`
For your lorryloads pumping petrol gas.
`为了行驶在沥青路上，可以不断的添加汽油`
And you make them long, and you make them tough.
`道路越铺越长，越行驶越曲折`
But they just go on and on, and it seems you can't get off.
`但是它们似乎就这样的走下去，而你似乎就如此的无法挣脱`

Oh, I know we've come a long way,
`我明白，我们已经经历过人间百态`
We're changing day to day,
`我们一天天都在变化`
But tell me, where do the children play?
`但是，能否告诉我，那些孩子们在哪里玩耍呢？`

When you crack the sky, scrapers fill the air.
`当你冲破天际，在天空中留下长长的刮痕`
Will you keep on building higher
`更高的建筑拔地而起`
'til there's no more room up there?
`难道直到再也没有任何空间为止么？`
Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?
`你会让我们开怀大笑，或者痛苦流涕么？`
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?
`你愿意告诉我们，什么时候诞生，什么时候死去么？`

I know we've come a long way,
`我明白，我们已经经历过人间百态`
We're changing day to day,
`我们一天天都在变化`
But tell me, where do the children play?
`但是，能否告诉我，那些孩子们在哪里玩耍呢？`

* wiki链接：[Where Do the Children Play?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Do_the_Children_Play%3F)
* 1995年美国雷鬼乐队Big Mountain翻唱，收录在专辑《Resistance》中
网易云音乐链接：[Where Do The Children Play](http://music.163.com/#/song?id=16780448)
* 2005年美国著名乡村歌手Dolly Parton翻唱，收录在其翻唱专辑《Those Were the Days》中
网易云音乐链接： [Where Do The Children Play](http://music.163.com/#/song?id=17406095)