Well, we're living here in Allentown Well, we're living here in Allentown Bem, nós estamos vivendo aqui em Allentown And they're closing all the factories down And they're closing all the factories down E estão fechando todas as fábricas Out in Bethlehem they're killing time Out in Bethlehem they're killing time Lá em Bethlehem, eles estão matando tempo Filling out forms Filling out forms Preenchendo formulários Standing in line Standing in line Ficando na fila Well, our fathers fought the second World War Well, our fathers fought the second World War Bem, nossos pais lutaram na Segunda Guerra Mundial Spent their weekends on the Jersey shore Spent their weekends on the Jersey shore Passaram os fins de semana na costa de Jersey Met our mothers in the USO Met our mothers in the USO Conheceram nossas mães na USO Asked them to dance Asked them to dance Pediu-lhes para dançar Danced with them slow Danced with them slow Dançaram com elas devagar And we're living here in Allentown And we're living here in Allentown E estamos morando aqui em Allentown But the restlessness was handed down But the restlessness was handed down Mas a inquietação foi transmitida And it's getting very hard to stay And it's getting very hard to stay E está ficando muito difícil ficar Well we're waiting here in Allentown Well we're waiting here in Allentown Bem, estamos esperando aqui em Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the Pennsylvania we never found Para a Pensilvânia, nunca encontramos For the promises our teachers gave For the promises our teachers gave Pelas promessas que nossos professores deram If we worked hard If we worked hard Se trabalhássemos duro If we behaved If we behaved Se nos comportarmos So the graduations hang on the wall So the graduations hang on the wall Então, as graduações estão penduradas na parede But they never really helped us at all But they never really helped us at all Mas eles nunca realmente nos ajudaram No they never taught us what was real No they never taught us what was real Não, eles nunca nos ensinaram o que era real Iron and coke Iron and coke Ferro e coca Chromium Steel Chromium Steel Aço Cromo And we're waiting here in Allentown And we're waiting here in Allentown E nós estamos esperando aqui em Allentown But they've taken all the coal from the ground But they've taken all the coal from the ground Mas eles tiraram todo o carvão do solo And the union people crawled away And the union people crawled away E o pessoal do sindicato rastejou para longe Every child had a pretty good shot Every child had a pretty good shot Cada criança tinha uma boa chance To get at least as far as their old man got To get at least as far as their old man got Para chegar pelo menos tão longe quanto seu velho But something happened on the way to that place But something happened on the way to that place Mas algo aconteceu no caminho para aquele lugar They threw an American flag in our face They threw an American flag in our face Eles jogaram uma bandeira americana na nossa cara Well, I'm living here in Allentown Well, I'm living here in Allentown Bem, eu estou vivendo aqui em Allentown And it's hard to keep a good man down And it's hard to keep a good man down E é difícil manter um homem bom para baixo But I won't be getting up today But I won't be getting up today Mas não vou levantar hoje And it's getting very hard to stay And it's getting very hard to stay E está ficando muito difícil ficar And we're living here in Allentown And we're living here in Allentown E nós estamos vivendo aqui em Allentown