Progress

Here we have our dust free dining setAquí tenemos nuestro juego de comedor libre de polvo

We guarentee it won't collect a specGarantizamos que no recogerá ni una mota

Freeing up the children to insteadLiberando a los niños para en cambio

Grow into your moldingCrecer en tu moldeado

Heed more of your scoldingAtender más de tus regaños

Go early to their new self-making bedsIr temprano a sus nuevas camas autohechas

It seems like you'd be tired of losing faceParece que estarías cansado de perder la cara

Like you'd want to put the children in their placeComo si quisieras poner a los niños en su lugar

The more you have to tell them to do their choresCuanto más tengas que decirles que hagan sus tareas

The more you run the risk of being ignoredMás corres el riesgo de ser ignorado

If you're lucky they'll turn out as good as youSi tienes suerte, saldrán tan buenos como tú

You tell them that they're good kidsLes dices que son buenos niños

But you know that it's not truePero sabes que no es verdad

Your father drank a littleTu padre tomaba un poco

You're on liver number twoEstás en el hígado número dos

Progress has a way of feigning easeEl progreso tiene una forma de fingir facilidad

Convenient new inventions bait the teaseConvenientemente nuevas invenciones atraen la tentación

For, though it is impossible to curePorque, aunque sea imposible curar

A husband bent on cheatingA un esposo inclinado a engañar

The oxygen's depletingEl oxígeno se está agotando

A child who's always braggingUn niño que siempre presume

A wife's persistent naggingEl persistente regaño de una esposa

We're equipped to live as though it wereEstamos equipados para vivir como si fuera

If you're lucky they'll turn out as good as youSi tienes suerte, saldrán tan buenos como tú

You tell them that they're good kidsLes dices que son buenos niños

But you know that it's not truePero sabes que no es verdad

Your fatehr drank a littleTu padre tomaba un poco

You're on liver number twoEstás en el hígado número dos