| In a time of plague
| En un tiempo de peste
|
| We were young and gay
| Éramos jóvenes y gay
|
| And while money reigned
| Y mientras el dinero reinaba
|
| Minorities were wiped out every day
| Las minorías fueron eliminadas todos los días.
|
| But we had tailors, we were getting famous
| Pero teníamos sastres, nos estábamos volviendo famosos
|
| With the patronage of William Burroughs
| Con el patrocinio de William Burroughs
|
| And also Kathy Acker
| Y también Kathy Acker
|
| Our pens would save the day
| Nuestros bolígrafos salvarían el día.
|
| Singing 'tirra lirra tirra lirra tirra lirra gabba gabba hey'
| Cantando 'tirra lirra tirra lirra tirra lirra gabba gabba hey'
|
| And our heroes were
| Y nuestros héroes fueron
|
| Nightclub entrepreneurs
| empresarios de discotecas
|
| Our novellas were
| Nuestras novelas eran
|
| Metaphors and deconstructions
| Metáforas y deconstrucciones
|
| Architects
| Arquitectos
|
| Who blow up their own buildings
| Que vuelan sus propios edificios
|
| While Reagan and Thatcher reigned we got famous
| Mientras Reagan y Thatcher reinaron nos hicimos famosos
|
| Not all of us survived
| No todos sobrevivimos
|
| As happens in time of plague
| Como sucede en tiempo de peste
|
| Singing 'tirra lirra tirra lirra tirra lirra gabba gabba hey'
| Cantando 'tirra lirra tirra lirra tirra lirra gabba gabba hey'
|
| In a gilded time
| En un tiempo dorado
|
| When death was king
| Cuando la muerte era rey
|
| A group of authors began to write a new Decameron
| Un grupo de autores comenzó a escribir un nuevo Decamerón
|
| Whose elegance bordered on the Florentine
| Cuya elegancia rayaba en lo florentino
|
| And when the 90s came
| Y cuando llegaron los 90
|
| We were immune to plague
| Éramos inmunes a la peste
|
| To every known strain
| A todas las cepas conocidas
|
| Then along came Kurt Cobain | Luego vino Kurt Cobain |