Lyrics and translation Cheryl Wheeler - If It Were Up to Me

If It Were Up to Me

Maybe it's the movies, maybe it's the books
Maybe it's the bullets, maybe it's the real crooks
Maybe it's the drugs, maybe it's the parents
Maybe it's the colors everybody's wearin
Maybe it's the President, maybe it's the last one
Maybe it's the one before that, what he done
Maybe it's the high schools, maybe it's the teachers
Maybe it's the tattooed children in the bleachers
Maybe it's the Bible, maybe it's the lack
Maybe it's the music, maybe it's the crack
Maybe it's the hairdos, maybe it's the TV
Maybe it's the cigarettes, maybe it's the family
Maybe it's the fast food, maybe it's the news
Maybe it's divorce, maybe it's abuse
Maybe it's the lawyers, maybe it's the prisons
Maybe it's the Senators, maybe it's the system
Maybe it's the fathers, maybe it's the sons
Maybe it's the sisters, maybe it's the moms
Maybe it's the radio, maybe it's road rage
Maybe El Nino, or UV rays
Maybe it's the army, maybe it's the liquor
Maybe it's the papers, maybe the militia
Maybe it's the athletes, maybe it's the ads
Maybe it's the sports fans, maybe it's a fad
Maybe it's the magazines, maybe it's the internet
Maybe it's the lottery, maybe it's the immigrants
Maybe it's taxes, big business
Maybe it's the KKK and the skinheads
Maybe it's the communists, maybe it's the Catholics
Maybe it's the hippies, maybe it's the addicts
Maybe it's the art, maybe it's the sex
Maybe it's the homeless, maybe it's the banks
Maybe it's the clearcut, maybe it's the ozone
Maybe it's the chemicals, maybe it's the car phones
Maybe it's the fertilizer, maybe it's the nose rings
Maybe it's the end, but I know one thing.
If it were up to me, I'd take away the guns.

Если бы это зависело от меня

Может, дело в фильмах, может, в книгах,
Может, в пулях, может, в настоящих злодеях,
Может, в наркотиках, может, в родителях,
Может, в цветах, которые все носят,
Может, в Президенте, может, в предыдущем,
Может, в том, что был до него, в том, что он сделал,
Может, в старших школах, может, в учителях,
Может, в татуированных детях на трибунах,
Может, в Библии, может, в ее отсутствии,
Может, в музыке, может, в крэке,
Может, в прическах, может, в телевизоре,
Может, в сигаретах, может, в семье,
Может, в фастфуде, может, в новостях,
Может, в разводах, может, в насилии,
Может, в адвокатах, может, в тюрьмах,
Может, в сенаторах, может, в системе,
Может, в отцах, может, в сыновьях,
Может, в сестрах, может, в матерях,
Может, в радио, может, в дорожной ярости,
Может, в Эль-Ниньо, или в ультрафиолете,
Может, в армии, может, в алкоголе,
Может, в газетах, может, в ополчении,
Может, в спортсменах, может, в рекламе,
Может, в болельщиках, может, в моде,
Может, в журналах, может, в интернете,
Может, в лотерее, может, в иммигрантах,
Может, в налогах, в крупном бизнесе,
Может, в Ку-клукс-клане и скинхедах,
Может, в коммунистах, может, в католиках,
Может, в хиппи, может, в наркоманах,
Может, в искусстве, может, в сексе,
Может, в бездомных, может, в банках,
Может, в вырубке лесов, может, в озоновом слое,
Может, в химикатах, может, в автомобильных телефонах,
Может, в удобрениях, может, в кольцах в носу,
Может, это конец, но я знаю одно.
Если бы это зависело от меня, я бы отобрала все оружие.