Mother told me, yes she told me
[Ibu bilang padaku, ya dia bilang]
I'd meet girls like you
[Aku akan bertemu cewek seperti kamu]
She also told me stay away
[Dia juga bilang untuk menjauh]
You'll never know what you'll catch
[Kamu tidak akan pernah tahu apa yang akan kamu dapatkan]
Just the other day I heard
[Baru-baru ini aku mendengar]
Of a soldier's falling off
[Tentang seorang tentara yang jatuh]
Some Indonesian junk
[Beberapa barang Indonesia]
That's going 'round
[Yang beredar di sekitar]

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright
[Ibu baik-baik saja, Ayah baik-baik saja]
They just seem a little weird
[Mereka hanya terlihat sedikit aneh]
Surrender, surrender
[Menyerah, menyerah]
But don't give yourself away
[Tapi jangan berikan dirimu begitu saja]

Father says your mother's right
[Ayah bilang ibumu benar]
She's really up on things
[Dia benar-benar mengerti banyak hal]
Before we married Mommy served
[Sebelum kami menikah, Ibu bertugas]
On the WACs in the Philippines
[Di WAC di Filipina]
Now I had heard the WACs recruited
[Sekarang aku dengar WAC merekrut]
Old maids for the war
[Janda tua untuk perang]
But Mommy isn't one of those
[Tapi Ibu bukan salah satunya]
I've known her all these years
[Aku sudah mengenalnya bertahun-tahun]

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright
[Ibu baik-baik saja, Ayah baik-baik saja]
They just seem a little weird
[Mereka hanya terlihat sedikit aneh]
Surrender, surrender
[Menyerah, menyerah]
But don't give yourself away
[Tapi jangan berikan dirimu begitu saja]

Whatever happened to all this season's
[Apa yang terjadi dengan semua orang yang kalah musim ini]
Losers of the year
[Orang-orang yang kalah tahun ini]
Every time I got to thinking
[Setiap kali aku berpikir]
Then they disappear
[Kemudian mereka menghilang]
When I woke up, Mom and Dad
[Ketika aku bangun, Ibu dan Ayah]
Were fuckin' on the couch
[Bersex di sofa]
Rolling numbers, rock and rolling
[Menggulung angka, rock and roll]
Got my Kiss records out
[Mengeluarkan rekaman Kiss-ku]

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright
[Ibu baik-baik saja, Ayah baik-baik saja]
They just seem a little weird
[Mereka hanya terlihat sedikit aneh]
Surrender, surrender
[Menyerah, menyerah]
But don't give yourself away
[Tapi jangan berikan dirimu begitu saja]
Away..........
[Menjauh..........]