歌词与中文翻译
My job makes me crazy, I'm always behind,
工作令我发疯，进度总是难赶
Even though I am not one to shirk.
即使我并没有偷过懒
And some fuzzy folksinger repeats in my mind
恍惚间一首民谣在我脑海中说道
That my life should be more than my work.
我的生活不应只有上班
Well, I like the work that I do,
啊，我也爱我的工作
I don't mind earning my pay,
不在乎薪水如何
But there's so much to do when the workday is through.
但工作结束还有许多其他事
Bring back the eight-hour day.
快恢复八小时制
Say you work at a white-collar job,
比如你有一份白领工作
You get paid at a fixed monthly rate,
领着每月相同的工资
But you come in for meetings a half hour early,
却要提前来半小时准备开会
You're working a full hour late.
还要多留一小时在公司
Then you sit for an hour in traffic,
然后你又和其他工人一起
With the rest of the overtime drones,
在路上颠簸又一小时
There's a latchkey kid you must chase off to bed
把家里的孩子哄上床了之后
'Fore you eat up cold supper alone.
才能独自吃冰凉的晚餐
Oh, bring back the eight-hour day.
哦，快恢复八小时制
When did we give it away?
它是在何时消失？
There's so much to do when the work day is through.
工作结束还有其他许多事
Bring back the eight-hour day.
快恢复八小时制
There's a factory worker we know.
有个广为人知的厂工
Joe Hill called him "Mr. Block."
乔锡尔叫他“Mr. Block”
If the foreman forgot him, he'd work 'til he dropped
要是工头忘了他，他准把自己累翻
And he'd never punch out on the clock.
也从不按时打卡下班
Now they lay off ten workers a week.
现在他们一周开除十个人
Some are working half-time with no frills.
其中不乏有人加着半日工
Mr. Block doesn't care, he's got money to spare.
“Mr. Block”可不在乎，他有余钱一满屋
Let the rest of the world go to hell!
让别人都见鬼去吧
Well, did you know that the workers in Flint
啊，你可知道弗林特的工人
Went on strike to climb out of this hole?
曾为脱离这困境而罢工？
Where half the town works sixty hours a week
那里一半的人每周工作六十小时
While the other half rots on the dole?
另一半靠着救济苟延残喘？
What good is a double-time check
当你的故乡与家庭动荡
When your town and your family is shot?
领着双倍工资又有何用？
We need some enjoyment, we want full employment.
我们要感受喜悦，我们要完全就业
We will not be bullied or bought.
我们不要被买卖欺虐
We say: bring back the eight-hour day.
我们说：快恢复八小时制
When did we give it away?
它是在何时消失？
There's so much to do when the work day is through.
工作结束还有其他许多事
Bring back the eight-hour day.
快恢复八小时制
When I was a kid, mom stayed home
在我儿时，母亲待在家
And we lived on dad's blue-collar pay.
我们靠蓝领父亲的工资生活
Our standard of living was decent and sweet,
当时我们的生活甜蜜又兴旺
Just as good as what I've got today.
就和我在今日过的一样
Now my wife has a good-paying job,
现在我的妻子有一份高薪工作
And me, well, I'm doing OK,
而我，也做得不错
But we're putting out ninety-nine hours a week.
但我们每周要工作九十九个小时
Tell me who the hell's getting my pay?
告诉我谁拿了我的收获？
Hey: bring back the eight-hour day.
嘿，快恢复八小时制
When did we give it away?
它是在何时消失？
There's so much to do when the work day is through.
工作结束还有其他许多事
Bring back the eight-hour day.
快恢复八小时制
They've got cellular phones for your car.
你的车被配上了移动电话
They've got notebook PC's for your lap.
你的腿被放上了便携电脑
If you crawl off to sleep you stay close to your beeper.
爬上了床铺也不敢让手机离身
Now why do we stand for this crap?
我们为什么要忍受这些？
They tell you you've got to compete.
他们告诉你要去竞争攀比
No! we're tired from footing the bill.
不！我们厌倦了买单还息
Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest,
八小时工作，八小时休息
Then eight hours for what we will.
还有八小时归我们自己
A hundred and ten years ago,
在一百又一十年前
In Chicago in Haymarket Square,
在芝加哥在干草市场
They gathered from shipyards, from mine and from mill,
他们从船厂矿井与磨坊中聚集
Just to march in the sun and the air.
在阳光下携手向前方
They'd been slaving from dawn until dusk
他们没日没夜地苦干
But not on the first of May,
但在五月一日不一样
'Cause you can't smell the flowers when you're working twelve hours,
工作十二个小时，哪里闻得到花香
So they struck for an eight-hour day.
所以他们为八小时制罢工
Hey, bring back that eight-hour day.
嘿，快恢复那八小时制
Bring back the five-day week.
恢复五天工作制
When did we give it away?
它是在何时消失？
How did it become an antique?
它怎会成为历史？
I like the work that I do.
我也爱我的工作
I don't mind earning my pay,
不在乎薪水如何
But there's so much to do when the work day is through.
但工作结束还有许多其他事
Bring back the eight-hour day.
快恢复八小时制