It had to be flashin' like the daily double
Itu harus berkedip seperti harian ganda
It had to be playin' on TV
Itu harus dimainkan di TV
It had to be loud mouthed on the comedy hour
Itu pasti terdengar keras pada saat komedi
It had to be announced over loud speakers
Itu harus diumumkan melalui speaker keras

The CIA and Mafia are in cahoots
CIA dan Mafia berada dalam cahoots

It had to be said in old ladies' language
Itu harus dikatakan dalam bahasa wanita tua
It had to be said in American headlines
Itu harus dikatakan di headline Amerika

Kennedy stretched and smiled and got double crossed by lowlife goons and agents
Kennedy membentang dan tersenyum dan mendapat double crossed oleh preman dan agen lowlife

Rich bankers with criminal connections
Bankir kaya dengan koneksi kriminal

Dope pushers in CIA working with dope pushers from Cuba working with a big time
Dope pendorong di CIA bekerja sama dengan bius bius dari Kuba yang bekerja dengan waktu besar
syndicate from Tampa, Florida
sindikat dari Tampa, Florida

And it had to be said with a big mouth
Dan itu harus dikatakan dengan mulut yang besar

It had to be moaned over factory foghorns
Itu harus digerogoti pabrik foghorns
It had to be chattered on car radio news broadcasts
Itu harus dioceh pada siaran berita radio mobil
It had to be screamed in the kitchen
Itu harus dijerit di dapur
It had to be yelled in the basement where uncles were fighting
Itu harus berteriak di ruang bawah tanah tempat paman berkelahi

It had to be howled on the streets by newsboys to bus conductors
Itu harus melolong di jalanan oleh newsboys ke konduktor bus
It had to be foghorned into New York harbor
Itu harus diserbu ke pelabuhan New York
It had to echo onto hard hats
Itu harus bergema ke topi keras
It had to turn up the volume in university ballrooms
Itu harus menghasilkan volume di ballroom universitas

It had to be written in library books, footnoted
Itu harus ditulis di buku perpustakaan, footnoted
It had to be in the headlines of the Times and the mind
Itu harus menjadi berita utama Times dan pikiran
It had to be barked on TV
Itu harus disalak di TV
It had to be heard in alleys through ballroom doors
Itu harus didengar di gang melalui pintu ballroom

It had to be played on wire services
Itu harus dimainkan di layanan kawat
It had to be bells ringing
Itu harus bel berdering
Comedians stopped dead in the middle of a joke in Las Vegas
Komedian berhenti mati di tengah lelucon di Las Vegas

It had to be FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and Frank Costello syndicate
Itu pasti kepala FBI J. Edgar Hoover dan sindikat Frank Costello
mouthpiece meeting in Central Park, New York weekends,
pertemuan juru bicara di Central Park, New York akhir pekan,
reported Time magazine
lapor majalah Time

It had to be the Mafia and the CIA together starting war on Cuba,
Itu harus menjadi Mafia dan CIA bersama-sama memulai perang melawan Kuba,
Bay of Pigs and poison assassination headlines
Bay of Babi dan berita utama pembunuhan racun

It had to be dope cops in the Mafia
Itu harus polisi obat bius di Mafia
Who sold all their heroin in America
Yang menjual semua heroin mereka di Amerika

It had to be the FBI and organized crime working together
Pasti FBI dan kejahatan terorganisir bekerja sama
in cahoots against the commies
dalam cahoots melawan commies

It had to be ringing on multinational cash registers
Itu harus berdering pada register kas multinasional
World-wide laundry for organized criminal money
Cuci seluruh dunia untuk uang penjahat terorganisir

It had to
Itu harus