The odds were a hundred to one against me
我深陷以一敵百的處境
The world thought the heights were too high to climb
世人都以為這高不可攀
But people from Missouri never incensed me
來自密蘇里的人從未讓我生氣
Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned
Oh，我一點都不在意
For from history I had learned
畢竟曾學到過教訓
How many, many times the worm had turned
這些可憐蟲就是牆頭草
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
他們嘲笑哥倫布（意大利航海家）
When he said the world was round
當哥倫布說地球是圓的時候
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
當愛迪生（美國發明家）錄下聲音時他們也是一笑而過
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother
他們也嘲笑威爾伯和他的兄弟（萊特兄弟，第一架飛機的製造者）
When they said that man could fly
當兄弟倆說人可以飛起來時
They told Marconi
他們告訴馬可尼（意大利物理學家）
Wireless was a phony
無線電是騙人的
It's the same old cry
都是些陳詞濫調了
They laughed at me wanting you
他們還嘲笑我喜歡你
Said I was reaching for the moon
說我異想天開
But oh, you came through
但是你來了
Now they'll have to change their tune
現在他們又換了個德行
They all said we never could be happy
他們說我們永遠不會幸福
They laughed at us and how
他們都對我倆冷嘲熱諷
But ho, ho, ho
但是吼吼吼
Who's got the last laugh now
現在誰笑到最後了呢
They all laughed at Rockefeller Center
他們都嘲笑洛克菲勒中心（美國紐約曼哈頓商業中心）
Now they're fighting to get in
如今卻又擠破腦袋想進去
They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin
他們都嘲笑惠特尼（美國工業革命初期的一名教師Eli Whitney）和他的軋棉機
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat
他們也嘲笑富爾頓(美國著名工程師)和他的汽船
Hershey and his chocolate bar
赫爾希（好時巧克力創始人Milton Hershey）和他的巧克力棒
Ford and his Lizzie
福特（福特公司創始人Henry Ford）和他的小破車
Kept the laughers busy
上述例子讓黑子有說不完的話題
That's howpeople are
就是人的劣根性
They laughed at me wanting you
他們還嘲笑我喜歡你
Said it would be, 'Hello, Goodbye'
說我們之間只剩“你好，再見”
But oh, you came through
但你出現了
Now they're eating humble pie
現在他們算是有所收斂
They all said we'd never get together
但他們還說我們不會在一起的
Darling, let's take a bow
親愛的，我們鞠個躬
For ho, ho, ho
為了吼吼吼
Who's got the last laugh
誰笑到最後呢
Hee, hee, hee!
Hee, hee, hee!
Let's at the past laugh
我們也和過去那樣笑吧
Ho,ho,ho
吼吼吼
Who's got the last laugh now
現在誰笑到最後了呢
They All Laughed