I'm always waiting 我一直在等待

I'm sick of waiting 我厌倦了等待

For the day my luck will change 有一天我的运气会改变

I've spent enough time 我已经花了足够的时间

In queues and bread lines 在队列和面包生产线

In hope of better days 在更好的日子，希望

These thieves and scroungers 这些盗贼和scroungers

And lazy bastards 和懒惰的混蛋

If I move they'll steal my place 如果我提出，他们会偷我的地方

Steal like this State does 偷这样的国家不

   

And who's to blame us 和谁的责任我们

When none of us can pay? 当我们没有人可以支付？

Will heaven's angels 威尔天堂的天使

Pull out the rent books 拉出租金书籍

And ask me how I'll pay? 并问我怎么会付钱？

Behind their big desks 他们的大办公桌后面

Misspell my kids' names 拼错我的孩子的名字

And file my life away? 并提交了我的生活了吗？

   

I knock on doors 我敲的门

See curtains move 看到窗帘动

Time wins wars each name is proof 时间赢得战争的每一个名字就是明证

I could tell tales 我可以告诉的故事

The tricks they use 他们所使用的技巧

Cut no ice, I take what's due 切没有冰，我拿的是什么原因

There are worse tasks 还有更糟糕的任务

Than door to door 比门对门

I take pride in taking more 我带自豪地采取更多

I watch my back 我看我的背

Dark alleyways 黑暗的小巷

When doubt calls I bank my wage 当怀疑打电话来我银行我的工资

No easy choice: 没有容易的选择：

The devil's boat or cruel sea? 魔鬼的船或海上残忍？

I took the boat 我把小船

When I knock knock at Peter's gate 当我磕磕在彼得的门

Will he ask if I can pay? 他会问我是否可以支付？

   

Test the water feel the ground 试水感觉到地面

Send the tax collectors round 发送税吏轮

Fill the coffers pound by pound 受英镑填补库房英镑

A surer way to keep in line 更可靠的方式保持一致

The rabble who spend half their time 谁花一半的时间乌合之众

Wishing they could have what's mine 希望他们能有什么是我的

Stamping on the people's hands 踩人的手

This is where I'll make my stand 在这里，我会让我的立场

This is how I'll rule this land 这就是我统治这片土地

I'll push and push a little more 我会推和推多一点

I'll push and goad and tease the poor 我会推及鞭策和挑逗穷人

A good excuse to fight my war 一个很好的借口打我的战争

The war between have-nots and haves 穷国和富国之间的战争

My little game of smash and grab 我的小扣杀和抢的游戏

Turn the screw increase the tax 转动螺钉增加税收

Friend or foe, who goes there? 朋友还是敌人，谁在那里？

Turns his coat and takes the rear 打开他的外套，并采取后

Sings the Red Flag once a year. 唱红旗一年一次。

   

I've got this dream home 我有这个梦想的家

I'm queuing up for 我排队

In freshly dug brown earth 在新挖的土褐色

One thing I can swear 有一件事我可以发誓

Before I get there 在我到达那里

I'll kill the taxman first 我先杀死收税员