Học Tiếng Anh Qua Bài Hát Có Phụ Đề: This Sad Burlesque

I write in hopes that by the time you get this letter
may live to see a change for the better
Or are we devoted to these wretched selfish
When the cold facts and figures all add up
They cannot contradict this sad burlesque

This sad burlesque
With miserable failures making entertainment our fate
Laughter cannot dignify elevate
This sad burlesque

Now can they recall young and idealistic
Before wading knee-deep in hogwash and arithmetic
The pitying smirk
argument runs like clockwork
Will run down eventually and splutter to a stop

P.S. by now you know the worst of it
And we've heard all the alibis that rehearsed
The smug predictions
If it's not a contradiction
Keep faith in human nature
And have mercy the creatures in this sad burlesque