Back in '83 a man came to men and he told me "son, our way of life is done" Back in '83 a man came to men and he told me "son, our way of life is done" De volta à 1983, um homem me disse "filho, nosso modo de vida acabou" But I was only young But I was only young Mas eu era só um jovem With an eye to the fields speculators and yields rotten to the core With an eye to the fields speculators and yields rotten to the core De olho nos exploradores de campos e frutos completamente podres Monoculture whores entered the bidding wars from distant shores Monoculture whores entered the bidding wars from distant shores Prostitutas da monocultura adentraram guerras ordenadas em terras distantes I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free Eu não quero estar na terra conhecida por ser destituída e livre With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea Com os grãos da ira flamejando caminho de mar a mar brilhante Oh the sinuous trails of concrete and rails and exhausted roars Oh the sinuous trails of concrete and rails and exhausted roars Oh, as trilhas sinuosas de concreto, as ferrovias e berros exaustos Population wars setting our future course Population wars setting our future course Guerras populacionais definindo o curso do nosso futuro Is profit and greed the only conceit on a scale between Is profit and greed the only conceit on a scale between Lucro e ganância são os únicos conceitos entre Mere prosperity and inhumanity? It may well be but Mere prosperity and inhumanity? It may well be but Mera prosperidade e desumanidade? Pode até ser mas I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free Eu não quero estar na terra conhecida por ser destituída e livre With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea Com os grãos da ira flamejando caminho de mar a mar brilhante I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free Eu não quero estar na terra conhecida por ser destituída e livre With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea Com os grãos da ira flamejando caminho de mar a mar brilhante