Ordinary Man - Christy Moore

Ordinary Man - Christy Moore

I'm an ordinary man nothing special nothing grand
我是个普通的人 没什么特别 没什么伟大
I've had to work for everything I own
每样东西都得靠自己工作来赚
I never asked for a lot I was happy with what I got
我从没想要很多 有了这些我已经很快乐
Enough to keep my family and my home
足够让我将一家人养活
Now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards
现在他们说 时代不景气 要把工作卡退给我
They say there's not the work to go around
他们说 这里再也没有工作可做
And when the whistle blows the gates will finally close
等哨声响起 大门就要关闭
Tonight they're going to shut this factory down
今晚他们就要关掉这间工厂
Then they'll tear it d-o-w-n
他们要把它拆掉
I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay
我从没少上一天班 或者为了涨薪去罢工
For twenty years I served them best I could
我尽我所能为他们服务了20年
Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
握个手 递张支票
Loyalty through the bad times and through good
甘苦与共的忠诚就都会被忘掉
The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad
老板说 他也不想要事情变得这般糟
But the captains of industry won't let him lose
可这个行业才不会让他当傻帽
He still drives a car and smokes his cigar
他还开着车 抽着一支雪茄
And still he takes his family on a cruise he'll never lose
带着他们一家去游轮上玩耍 他才不会输
Well it seems to me such a cruel irony
这事对我真是讽刺又残酷
He's richer now then he ever was before
他比过去还要富有
Now my cheque is spent and I can't afford the rent
我的支票已经花光 房租也交不起
There's one law for the rich one for the poor
法律对富人和穷人来讲根本不是一套
Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride
每一天 我尝试将自己的尊严救赎
To find some work so's I might pay my way
去找工作 好挣钱养家
Oh but everywhere I go the answer's always no
但是不管去哪 答案都是否
There's no work for anyone here today no work today
今天这里没有工作 今天没有工作
And so condemned I stand just an ordinary man
我站在那被呵斥 就像个普通人那样
Like thousands beside me in the queue
就像旁边队里站的那上千人那样
I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life
我看着我亲爱的妻子 努力地想过好生活
And God knows what the kids are going to do
天知道 这些孩子们该什么办
Now that we are faced with this human waste
现在我们面临着的是对人的浪费
A generation cast aside
一代人被抛弃了
And as long as I live I never will forgive
不管我活多长 我永不会原谅
You've stripped me of my dignity and pride you've stripped me bare
你脱去了我的尊严和荣光
You've stripped me bare You've stripped me bare
你把我脱得精光 你把我脱得精光