The odds were a hundred to one against me
我深陷以一敌百的处境
The world thought the heights were too high to climb
世人都以为这高不可攀
But people from Missouri never incensed me
来自密苏里的人从未让我生气
Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned
Oh，我一点都不在意
For from history I had learned
毕竟曾学到过教训
How many, many times the worm had turned
这些可怜虫就是墙头草
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
他们嘲笑哥伦布（意大利航海家）
When he said the world was round
当哥伦布说地球是圆的时候
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
当爱迪生（美国发明家）录下声音时他们也是一笑而过
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother
他们也嘲笑威尔伯和他的兄弟（莱特兄弟，第一架飞机的制造者）
When they said that man could fly
当兄弟俩说人可以飞起来时
They told Marconi
他们告诉马可尼（意大利物理学家）
Wireless was a phony
无线电是骗人的
It's the same old cry
都是些陈词滥调了
They laughed at me wanting you
他们还嘲笑我喜欢你
Said I was reaching for the moon
说我异想天开
But oh, you came through
但是你来了
Now they'll have to change their tune
现在他们又换了个德行
They all said we never could be happy
他们说我们永远不会幸福
They laughed at us and how
他们都对我俩冷嘲热讽
But ho, ho, ho
但是吼吼吼
Who's got the last laugh now
现在谁笑到最后了呢
They all laughed at Rockefeller Center
他们都嘲笑洛克菲勒中心（美国纽约曼哈顿商业中心）
Now they're fighting to get in
如今却又挤破脑袋想进去
They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin
他们都嘲笑惠特尼（美国工业革命初期的一名教师Eli Whitney）和他的轧棉机
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat
他们也嘲笑富尔顿(美国著名工程师)和他的汽船
Hershey and his chocolate bar
赫尔希（好时巧克力创始人Milton Hershey）和他的巧克力棒
Ford and his Lizzie
福特（福特公司创始人Henry Ford）和他的小破车
Kept the laughers busy
上述例子让黑子有说不完的话题
That's how people are
就是人的劣根性
They laughed at me wanting you
他们还嘲笑我喜欢你
Said it would be, "Hello, Goodbye"
说我们之间只剩“你好，再见”
But oh, you came through
但你出现了
Now they're eating humble pie
现在他们算是有所收敛
They all said we'd never get together
但他们还说我们不会在一起的
Darling, let's take a bow
亲爱的，我们鞠个躬
For ho, ho, ho
为了吼吼吼
Who's got the last laugh
谁笑到最后呢
Hee, hee, hee!
Hee, hee, hee!
Let's at the past laugh
我们也和过去那样笑吧
Ho,ho,ho
吼吼吼
Who's got the last laugh now
现在谁笑到最后了呢
They All Laughed