【音乐】Bring back the eight hour day -Charlie King
My job makes me crazy; I’m always behind
我的工作使我发疯。我总是落后
Even though I’m not one to shirk
尽管我并没有偷懒
And some fuzzy folksinger repeats in my mind
有一些模糊的民谣在我脑海中回想
That my life should be more than my work
生活中不该只有工作
Well, I like the work that I do
好吧，我喜欢我所做的工作
I don’t mind earning my pay
我也不介意赚多少钱
But there is so much to do when the workday is through
但是当工作日结束时，还有很多事情要做
Bring back the eight-hour day
快恢复八小时工作制
Say you work at a white collar job
假如你从事白领工作
You get paid at a fixed monthly rate
每月拿固定工资
But you come in for meetings a half hour early
但是你要提早半小时参加会议
You're working a full hour late
还要加一小时班
Then you sit for an hour in traffic
然后和其它加班的工蜂一起
With the rest of the overtime drones
在交通上再等一小时
There's a latchkey kid you must chase off to bed
在你一个人吃冷饭之前
Before you eat a cold supper alone
你还得把小孩儿赶上床
Oh . . .
CHORUS:
Bring back the eight hour day
When did we give it away?
There's so much to do when the work day is through
Bring back the eight hour day.
There is a factory worker we know
有一个工厂工人广为人知
Joe Hill called him Mr. Block
他被叫做Block先生
If the foreman forgot him he’d work ‘til he drop
如果工头忘了他，他会一直工作到昏倒
And he’d never punch out on the clock
他也从不按时打卡下班
Now they lay off ten workers a week
现在他们每周裁员十人
Some are working half-time with no frills
有一些勤恳地做着半日工
Mr Block doesn’t care, he’s got money to spare
Block先生可不在乎，他还有钱挥霍
Let the rest of the world go to hell
其他人都见鬼去吧！
Well, did you know that the workers in Flint
Went on strike to climb out of this hole
Where half the town works 60 hours a week
While the other half rots on the dole?
What good is a double-time check
When your town and your family is shot?
We need some enjoyment; We want full employment
We will not be bullied or bought
We say . . .
Chorus
When I was a kid mom stayed home
And we lived on dad’s blue-collar pay
Our standard of living was decent and sweet
Just as good as what I’ve got today
Now my wife has a good-paying job
现在我妻子有一份高薪工作
And me, well I’m doing OK
而我，也是一样
But we’re putting out 99 hours a week
但是我们每周要花费99个小时
Tell me who the hell’s getting my pay
告诉我工资都去哪了？
Hey . . .
Chorus
They've got cellular phones for your car
他们为您的汽车配备了手机
They've got notebook PC's for your lap
他们有笔记本电脑供您使用
If you crawl off to sleep you stay close to your beeper
当你爬去睡觉还要挨近传话器
Now why do we stand for that crap?
为什么我要忍受这种玩意？
They tell you you’ve got to compete
No, we're tired from footing the bill
Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest
And eight hours for what we will.
A 110 years ago, in Chicago in Haymarket Square
They gathered from shipyards
From mine and from mill just to march
In the sun and the air
They’ve been slaving from dawn until dusk
But not on the first of May
‘Cause you can’t smell the flowers
When you’re working 12 hours
So they struck for an eight hour day,
Hey . . .
Bring back that eight hour day
Bring back the five-day week
When did we give it away?
How did it become an antique?
I like the work that I do
I don’t mind earning my pay
But there's so much to do
When the work day is through
Bring back the eight hour day!
我的工作使我发疯。我总是落后
Even though I’m not one to shirk
尽管我并没有偷懒
And some fuzzy folksinger repeats in my mind
有一些模糊的民谣在我脑海中回想
That my life should be more than my work
生活中不该只有工作
Well, I like the work that I do
好吧，我喜欢我所做的工作
I don’t mind earning my pay
我也不介意赚多少钱
But there is so much to do when the workday is through
但是当工作日结束时，还有很多事情要做
Bring back the eight-hour day
快恢复八小时工作制
Say you work at a white collar job
假如你从事白领工作
You get paid at a fixed monthly rate
每月拿固定工资
But you come in for meetings a half hour early
但是你要提早半小时参加会议
You're working a full hour late
还要加一小时班
Then you sit for an hour in traffic
然后和其它加班的工蜂一起
With the rest of the overtime drones
在交通上再等一小时
There's a latchkey kid you must chase off to bed
在你一个人吃冷饭之前
Before you eat a cold supper alone
你还得把小孩儿赶上床
Oh . . .
CHORUS:
Bring back the eight hour day
When did we give it away?
There's so much to do when the work day is through
Bring back the eight hour day.
There is a factory worker we know
有一个工厂工人广为人知
Joe Hill called him Mr. Block
他被叫做Block先生
If the foreman forgot him he’d work ‘til he drop
如果工头忘了他，他会一直工作到昏倒
And he’d never punch out on the clock
他也从不按时打卡下班
Now they lay off ten workers a week
现在他们每周裁员十人
Some are working half-time with no frills
有一些勤恳地做着半日工
Mr Block doesn’t care, he’s got money to spare
Block先生可不在乎，他还有钱挥霍
Let the rest of the world go to hell
其他人都见鬼去吧！
Well, did you know that the workers in Flint
Went on strike to climb out of this hole
Where half the town works 60 hours a week
While the other half rots on the dole?
What good is a double-time check
When your town and your family is shot?
We need some enjoyment; We want full employment
We will not be bullied or bought
We say . . .
Chorus
When I was a kid mom stayed home
And we lived on dad’s blue-collar pay
Our standard of living was decent and sweet
Just as good as what I’ve got today
Now my wife has a good-paying job
现在我妻子有一份高薪工作
And me, well I’m doing OK
而我，也是一样
But we’re putting out 99 hours a week
但是我们每周要花费99个小时
Tell me who the hell’s getting my pay
告诉我工资都去哪了？
Hey . . .
Chorus
They've got cellular phones for your car
他们为您的汽车配备了手机
They've got notebook PC's for your lap
他们有笔记本电脑供您使用
If you crawl off to sleep you stay close to your beeper
当你爬去睡觉还要挨近传话器
Now why do we stand for that crap?
为什么我要忍受这种玩意？
They tell you you’ve got to compete
No, we're tired from footing the bill
Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest
And eight hours for what we will.
A 110 years ago, in Chicago in Haymarket Square
They gathered from shipyards
From mine and from mill just to march
In the sun and the air
They’ve been slaving from dawn until dusk
But not on the first of May
‘Cause you can’t smell the flowers
When you’re working 12 hours
So they struck for an eight hour day,
Hey . . .
Bring back that eight hour day
Bring back the five-day week
When did we give it away?
How did it become an antique?
I like the work that I do
I don’t mind earning my pay
But there's so much to do
When the work day is through
Bring back the eight hour day!
