歌词
制作人 : Dónal Lunny
我是个普通的人 没什么特别 没什么伟大
人声 : Christy Moore
每样东西都得靠自己工作来赚
I'm an ordinary man, nothin' special nothin' grand
我从没想要很多 有了这些我已经很快乐
I've had to work for everything I own
足够让我将一家人养活
Well I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got
现在他们说 时代不景气 要把工作卡退给我
Enough to keep my family and my home
他们说 这里再也没有工作可做
Now they say that times are hard & they've handed me my cards
等哨声响起 大门就要关闭
They say there's not the work to go around
今晚他们就要关掉这间工厂
When the whistle blows the gates will finally close
他们要把它拆掉
Tonight they're going to shut this factory down
我从没少上一天班 或者为了涨薪去罢工
Then they'll tear it down
我尽我所能为他们服务了20年
I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay
握个手 递张支票
For 20 years I served them best I could
甘苦与共的忠诚就都会被忘掉
With a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
老板说 他也不想要事情变得这般糟
Loyalty through the bad times and the good
可这个行业才不会让他当傻帽
The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad
他还开着车 抽着一支雪茄
But the Captains of industry won't let him loose
带着他们一家去游轮上玩耍
He still drives a car and smokes a cigar
他才不会输
And still he takes his family on a cruise
这事对我真是讽刺又残酷
He'll never lose
他比过去还要富有
Now it seems to me to be such a cruel irony
我的支票已经花光 房租也交不起
He's richer now ever he was before
法律对富人和穷人来讲根本不是一套
Now my cheque is all spent and I can't afford the rent
每一天 我尝试将自己的尊严救赎
There's one law for the rich, one for the poor
去找工作 好挣钱养家
Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride
但是不管去哪 答案都是否
To find some work so's I might pay my way
今天这里没有工作
But everywhere I go, the answer is always no
今天没有工作
There's no work for anyone here today
我站在那被呵斥 就像个普通人那样
No work today
就像旁边队里站的那上千人那样
And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man
我看着我亲爱的妻子 努力地想过好生活
Like thousands beside me in the queue
天知道 这些孩子们该什么办
I watch my darlin' wife tryin' to make the best of life
现在我们面临着的是对人的浪费
God knows what the kids are goin' to do
一代人被抛弃了
Now that we are faced with this human waste
不管我活多长 我永不会原谅
A generation cast aside
你脱去了我的尊严和荣光
For as long as I live, I never will forgive
你把我脱得精光
You've stripped me of my dignity & pride
You've stripped me bare
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