Now my grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water. 现在，我的祖父是一个水手，他自爆在关水。

My father was a farmer and I, his only daughter. 我的父亲是一个农民，我，他唯一的女儿。

Took up with a no good millworking man from Massachusetts 花了一个没有好millworking男子从马萨诸塞州

who dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed. 谁的太多威士忌去世，让我这三面觅食。

   

Millwork ain't easy, millwork ain't hard, millwork it ain't nothing but an awful boring job. 木制品不容易，木制品不硬，木制品是不是只是一个可怕的枯燥的工作。

I'm waiting for a daydream to take me through the morning 我在等待一个白日梦带我到天亮

and put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich and remember. 并把我在我的休息时间，我可以有一个三明治和记忆。

   

Then it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning, 然后，它是我和我的机器在上午的休息，

for the rest of the afternoon and the rest of my life. 下午的休息，我的余生。

   

Now my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm. 现在，我的心开始流浪的日子回到了农场。

I can see my father smiling at me, swinging on his arm. 我可以看到我的父亲微笑着看着我，摆动他的手臂上。

I can hear my granddad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie 我能听到的暴爷爷的故事了伊利湖

where vessels and cargoes and fortunes and sailors' lives were lost. 其中船舶和货物及财富和水手的生命消失了。

   

Yes, but it's my life has been wasted, and I have been the fool 是的，但它是我的生命被浪费了，而我一直是傻瓜

to let this manufacturer use my body for a tool. 让这家制造商使用我的身体的工具。

I can ride home in the evening, staring at my hands, 我可以在晚上骑车回家，盯着我的手，

swearing by my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance. 我的悲伤脏话，一个年轻的女孩应该有更好的机会。

   

So may I work the mills just as long as I am able 所以我简单，只要我能工作的厂

and never meet the man whose name is on the label. 永不满足的人，他的名字是在标签上。

   

It be me and my machine for the rest of the morning 这是我和我的机器在上午的休息

and the rest of the afternoon, gone for the rest of my life. 和下午的休息，走了我的后半生。