歌手: Christy Moore
时长: 04:17
Ordinary Man - Christy Moore[00:00:00]
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I'm an ordinary man nothing special nothing grand[00:00:56]
我是个普通的人 没什么特别 没什么伟大[00:01:01]
I've had to work for everything I own[00:01:01]
每样东西都得靠自己工作来赚[00:01:05]
I never asked for a lot I was happy with what I got[00:01:05]
我从没想要很多 有了这些我已经很快乐[00:01:10]
Enough to keep my family and my home[00:01:10]
足够让我将一家人养活[00:01:15]
Now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards[00:01:15]
现在他们说 时代不景气 要辞退我[00:01:19]
They say there's not the work to go around[00:01:19]
他们说 这里再也没有工作可做[00:01:24]
And when the whistle blows the gates will finally close[00:01:24]
等哨声响起 大门就要关闭[00:01:29]
Tonight they're going to shut this factory down[00:01:29]
今晚他们就要关掉这间工厂[00:01:32]
Then they'll tear it d-o-w-n[00:01:32]
他们要把它拆掉[00:01:38]
I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay[00:01:38]
我从没少上一天班 或者为了涨薪去罢工[00:01:43]
For twenty years I served them best I could[00:01:43]
我尽我所能为他们服务了20年[00:01:47]
With a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget[00:01:47]
握个手 递张支票[00:01:53]
Loyalty through the bad times and through good[00:01:53]
甘苦与共的忠诚就都会被忘掉[00:01:57]
The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad[00:01:57]
老板说 他也不想要事情变得这般糟[00:02:01]
But the captains of industry won't let him lose[00:02:01]
可这个行业才不会让他当傻帽[00:02:06]
He still smokes his cigar and drives a car[00:02:06]
他还开着车 抽着一支雪茄[00:02:11]
And still he takes his family on a cruise he'll never lose[00:02:11]
带着他们一家去游轮上玩耍 他才不会失去什么[00:02:21]
Well it seems to me such a cruel irony[00:02:21]
这事对我真是讽刺又残酷[00:02:25]
He's richer now then he ever was before[00:02:25]
他比过去还要富有[00:02:29]
Now my cheque is spent and I can't afford the rent[00:02:29]
我的支票已经花光 房租也交不起[00:02:34]
There's one law for the rich one for the poor[00:02:34]
对待富人和穷人好像有两套不同的法律[00:02:39]
Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride[00:02:39]
每一天 我尝试将自己的尊严救赎[00:02:43]
To find some work so's I might pay my way[00:02:43]
去找工作 好挣钱养家[00:02:48]
Oh but everywhere I go the answer's always no[00:02:48]
但是不管去哪 答案都是否[00:02:53]
There's no work for anyone here today no work today no work today[00:02:53]
今天这里没有工作 今天没有工作[00:03:07]
And so condemned I stand just an ordinary man[00:03:07]
我站在那被呵斥 就像个普通人那样[00:03:11]
Like thousands beside me in the queue[00:03:11]
就像旁边队里站的那上千人那样[00:03:16]
I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life[00:03:16]
我看着我亲爱的妻子 努力地想过好生活[00:03:21]
And God knows what the kids are going to do[00:03:21]
天知道 这些孩子们该怎么办[00:03:26]
Now that we are faced with this human waste[00:03:26]
现在我们面临着的是对人员的浪费[00:03:30]
A generation cast aside[00:03:30]
一代人被抛弃了[00:03:34]
And as long as I live I never will forgive[00:03:34]
不管我活多长 我永不会原谅[00:03:39]
You've stripped me of my dignity and pride you've stripped me bare[00:03:39]
你脱去了我的尊严和荣光[00:03:47]
You've stripped me bare[00:03:47]
你把我脱得精光[00:03:52]
No work today[00:03:52]
今天失业了[00:03:57]
No work today[00:03:57]
今天失业了[00:04:02]