Worker's Song (Album Version)
Yeah, this one's for the workers who toil night and day
這首歌獻給日夜辛勞的工人
By hand and by brain to earn your pay
用體力和腦力勞動掙錢的工人
Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread
是誰在過去的幾個世紀里為你提供麵包？
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead
是誰為你的國家流血犧牲？
在工廠和作坊裡，在船塢里和礦山里
In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
我們經常被告知要跟緊時代
We've often been told to keep up with the times
我們的技能不被需要了，我們的工作被流水線替代了
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
計算尺和秒錶把我們的驕傲奪走了
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed
我們是第一個挨餓的，我們是第一個去死的
我們是第一個為了天上的餡餅衝鋒陷陣的
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
也總是最後一個吃到這餡餅的
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
工人在工作，蛀蟲卻在閒逛
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
當山雨欲來，戰爭將至
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
是誰的手上被塞上槍支，填進戰壕
被期望去為了祖國的土地而戰死
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
儘管我們從未擁有過祖國的一片土地
Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore
我們是第一個挨餓的，我們是第一個去死的
And expected to die for the land of our birth
我們是第一個為了天上的餡餅衝鋒陷陣的
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth
也總是最後一個吃到這餡餅的
工人在工作，蛀蟲卻在閒逛
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
我們是第一個挨餓的，我們是第一個去死的
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
我們是第一個為了天上的餡餅衝鋒陷陣的
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
也總是最後一個吃到這餡餅的
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
工人在工作，蛀蟲卻在閒逛
我們是第一個挨餓的，我們是第一個去死的
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
我們是第一個為了天上的餡餅衝鋒陷陣的
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the- sky
也總是最後一個吃到這餡餅的
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
我們是第一個挨餓的，我們是第一個去死的
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
我們是第一個為了天上的餡餅衝鋒陷陣的
從耕田到扛槍
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
我們一開始就注定了要耕田犁地
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
並且總是被期待著能做到
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
And all of these things the worker has done
From tilling the fields to carrying the gun
We've been yoked to the plough since time first began
And always expected to carry the can