Текст песни: Is It A Crime? + перевод

mother and dad handed down to me

a bit of their old philosophy

i’ve stuck to it like an obidient daughter

but it always lands me in hot water

i’d gladly follow up your suggestions

if you’d give me the answers to these questions

please tell me is it a crime

to start each day with a laugh, and a smile and a song

and is it a crime to end each day

with a laugh and a smile and a song

is it wrong is it a crime to call the world your valentine

is it a crime to grab a lamp post and then sing sweet???

is it a crime to save a wee baby bird when it falls it’s nest

that little bird should have a chance to fly like all the rest

if it’s a crime to help old ladies cross the street

then put me in jail without bail

bread and water from an old tin can

if that’s if that’s a crime

is it a crime inspector i’m puzzled

we’re taught two things as we go through life

one, be thy brothers keeper

and two, mind your own business

with a laugh and a smile and a song

now if i know something and by telling it to someone in disstress

i could change that persons life and

bring them the blue bird of happiness

is it a crime to tell them?

or is it a crime not to?

it is that you musn’t or that you got to?

should you say hey, watch out for that banana peel bud!

or just remain silent and then laugh

as he crashes with a thud

inspector my job is to give people messages on time

if i have a job and i see it through

then it’s just my duty that i do, do, do

is that, is that

inspector let’s go back a few thousand years

if there had been answering services then

and it had been up to me

i could have changed the course of history

i could have prevented many a famous tragedy

with a laugh and a smile and a song

for every night i lay in bed my cheeks, my cheeks grow soaking wet

when i think of what i could have done

for romeo and juliet

hello verona phone

oh yes mister romeo

juliet capulet called

the message is:

to aviod getting married to other fellow and playing dead

this friar lawrence gave me a great big sleeping

pill, but when i wake up we’ll head for the boarder

oh, don’t thank me! it’s all in a days work

see what i could have done

maybe i’m right maybe i’m wrong

but if i got that message through on time i’m telling you

those two kids would be alive today

so if it’s a crime to help old ladies

cross the street

then i’ll confess i’m just a mess

mother and dad you were wrong i guess

inspector were they wrong

thank you!!!