A Job of Work
Tom Paxton
A Job of Work 歌詞
I hate unemployment and I'll tell you why
我討厭失業,我來告訴你為什麼
I wanna keep working 'til the day I die
我想一直工作到死
I like to work, I do it well and when I can't feed my family
我喜歡工作,我做得很好,當我不能養活一家子時
Lord I feel like hell
上帝,我感覺這簡直就是地獄
Lord, give me a job of work to do
主啊,給我一份工作
Lord, give me a job of work to do
主啊,給我一份工作
That's all I want, that's all I ask of you
那就是我渴望的,我向你的所有請求
The man from the government says it's fine
政府的人說沒事
To walk on over to the free food line
走到免費食品領取點
Nice of the government to be so fair
很高興政府這麼公平
But I don't want my friends to see me there
但我不想讓我的朋友看到我在那裡
Lord, give me a job of work to do
主啊,給我一份工作
Lord, give me a job of work to do
主啊,給我一份工作
That's all I want, that's all I ask of you
那就是我渴望的,我向你的所有請求
I was born and raised in these old hills
我在這些老山中出生長大
I never left 'em and I never will
我從沒離開過他們,永遠也不會
I 'm able-bodied, my friends are, too
我身體強壯,我的朋友也是
And all that we want is a job to do
我們想要的只是一份工作
Lord , give me a job of work to do
主啊,給我一份工作
Lord, give me a job of work to do
主啊,給我一份工作
That's all I want, that's all I ask of you
那就是我渴望的,我向你的所有請求
Well, these are the worst times I have seen
這是我遭遇的最糟糕的時刻
I don't want to seem ungrateful or mean
我不想顯得忘恩負義或刻薄
But a man's got to raise his family
但男人必須養家糊口
And I can't stand to raise 'em on charity
我不能忍受靠慈善來養活他們
Lord, give me a job of work to do
主啊,給我一份工作
Lord, give me a job of work to do
主啊,給我一份工作
That's all I want, that's all I ask of you
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