There's an evening haze settling over town 有一个晚上的阴霾解决在城镇

Starlight by the edge of the creek 星光的小河边上

The buying power of the proletariat's gone down 无产阶级的购买力的下降了

Money's getting shallow and weak 钱是越来越浅，弱

Well, the place I love best is a sweet memory 嗯，我最喜欢的地方是一个甜蜜的回忆

It's a new path that we trod 这是我们踩出了一条新路

They say low wages are a reality 他们说，工资低是事实

If we want to compete abroad 如果我们想在国外竞争

   

My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf 我残忍的武器已经摆上了货架

Come sit down on my knee 来坐在我的膝盖上

You are dearer to me than myself 你是更贵的，我比我自己

As you yourself can see 正如你可以看到

While I'm listening to the steel rails hum 当我听着钢轨哼哼

Got both eyes tight shut 得到了双眼紧闭

Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from 只是坐在这里试图保持饥饿，从

Creeping it's way into my gut 爬行它的方式进入我的内心

   

Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind 和我见面的底部，不落后

Bring me my boots and shoes 把我的靴子和鞋子

You can hang back or fight your best on the frontline 你可以挂回，或打你的最佳前线

Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues 唱这些个工人的蓝调一点点

   

Well, I'm sailing on back, ready for the long haul 好吧，我航行回来，准备长途

Tossed by the winds and the seas 由风和海翻腾

I'll drag them all down to hell and I'll stand them at the wall 我会拖累他们都下到地狱，我就在墙上站在他们

I'll sell them to their enemies 我将出售给他们的敌人

I'm trying to feed my soul with thought 我试图用思想养活我的灵魂

Going to sleep off the rest of the day 睡觉的一天的其余部分

Sometimes no one wants what we got 有时候，没有人希望我们得到了什么

Sometimes you can't give it away 有时候，你不能把它送人

   

Now the place is ringed with countless foes 现在，这个地方周围尽是数不清的敌人

Some of them may be deaf and dumb 他们中的一些可能是又聋又哑

No man, no woman knows 没有男人，没有女人知道

The hour that sorrow will come 小时的悲伤会来

In the dark I hear the night birds call 在黑暗中我听见鸟儿晚上打电话

I can feel a lover's breath 我能感觉到爱人的气息

I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall 我睡在厨房里用我的脚在大厅

Sleep is like a temporary death 睡眠就像一个临时的死亡

   

Well, they burned my barn, and they stole my horse 那么，他们烧了我的谷仓，他们偷走了我的马

I can't save a dime 我救不了一毛钱

I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced 我得小心点，我不希望被迫

Into a life of continual crime 为持续犯罪的道路

I can see for myself that the sun is sinking 我可以看到我自己，太阳正在下沉

How I wish you were here to see 我多么希望你在这里看到

Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking 告诉我吧，我错了思维

That you have forgotten me? 你已经把我忘了？

   

Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret 现在，他们担心，他们赶紧和他们计较，他们担心

They waste your nights and days 他们浪费你的日日夜夜

Them I will forget 他们，我会忘记

But you I'll remember always 不过你，我会永远记得

Old memories of you to me have clung 旧的回忆你对我已经陪伴

You've wounded me with your words 你伤了我你的话

Gonna have to straighten out your tongue 要去必须理顺你的舌头

It's all true, everything you've heard 这都是真实的，一切你听说过

   

In you, my friend, I find no blame 在你，我的朋友，我觉得没有责怪

Wanna look in my eyes, please do 想看着我的眼睛，请不要

No one can ever claim 没有人能声称

That I took up arms against you 我拿起武器对付你

All across the peaceful sacred fields 所有穿过宁静的神圣领域

They will lay you low 他们将为你低

They'll break your horns and slash you with steel 他们会打破你的角，你凶多吉少钢

I say it so it must be so 我告诉它，所以它一定是这样

   

Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue 现在我对我的运气，我是黑色和蓝色

Gonna give you another chance 会再给你一次机会

I'm all alone and I'm expecting you 我独自一人，我期待着你

To lead me off in a cheerful dance 带领我从一个开朗的舞蹈

I got a brand new suit and a brand new wife 我得到了一个全新的西装，一个全新的妻子

I can live on rice and beans 我可以住在大米和豆类

Some people never worked a day in their life 有些人从来没有在他们的生活每天工作

Don't know what work even means. 不知道是什么工作，甚至表示。