Ordinary Man-Christy Moore

[ti:Ordinary Man] [ar:Christy Moore] [al:Ordinary Man] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ordinary Man - Christy Moore [00:19.05]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 [00:24.73]I've had to work for everything I own
每样东西都得靠自己工作来赚 [00:30.15]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 [00:35.83]Enough to keep my family and my home
足够让我将一家人养活 [00:41.38]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 [00:46.81]They say there's not the work to go around
他们说 这里再也没有工作可做 [00:52.43]And when the whistle blows the gates will finally close
等哨声响起 大门就要关闭 [00:57.98]Tonight they're going to shut this factory down
今晚他们就要关掉这间工厂 [01:02.79]Then they'll tear it d-o-w-n
他们要把它拆掉 [01:05.54] [01:14.71]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 [01:20.39]For twenty years I served them best I could
我尽我所能为他们服务了20年 [01:24.88] [01:25.51]Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
握个手 递张支票 [01:31.48]Loyalty through the bad times and through good
甘苦与共的忠诚就都会被忘掉 [01:35.35] [01:36.72]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 [01:42.34]But the captains of industry won't let him lose
可这个行业才不会让他当傻帽 [01:48.08]He still drives a car and smokes his cigar
他还开着车 抽着一支雪茄 [01:53.57]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 [02:01.87] [02:10.36]Well it seems to me such a cruel irony
这事对我真是讽刺又残酷 [02:15.91]He's richer now then he ever was before
他比过去还要富有 [02:18.98] [02:21.66]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 [02:26.96]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 [02:30.96] [02:32.76]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 [02:37.94]To find some work so's I might pay my way
去找工作 好挣钱养家 [02:42.37] [02:43.38]Oh but everywhere I go the answer's always no
但是不管去哪 答案都是否 [02:48.77]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 [03:01.23] [03:05.98]And so condemned I stand just an ordinary man
我站在那被呵斥 就像个普通人那样 [03:11.53]Like thousands beside me in the queue
就像旁边队里站的那上千人那样 [03:16.83]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 [03:22.88]And God knows what the kids are going to do
天知道 这些孩子们该什么办 [03:28.13]Now that we are faced with this human waste
现在我们面临着的是对人的浪费 [03:33.78]A generation cast aside
一代人被抛弃了 [03:39.27]And as long as I live I never will forgive
不管我活多长 我永不会原谅 [03:44.51] [03:45.13]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 [03:52.44] [03:55.43]You've stripped me bare You've stripped me bare
你把我脱得精光 你把我脱得精光