Now my grandfather was a sailor, 现在，我的祖父是一名水手，

He blew in off the water 他自爆在关水

My father was a farmer 我的父亲是一个农民

I, his only daughter, 一，他唯一的女儿，

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

Who dies from too much whiskey 谁从太多的威士忌死亡

And leaves me these three faces to feed 并留下了我这三个面喂

   

Millwork ain't easy; mill-work ain't hard 木制品是不容易的;磨的工作并不难

Millwork, it ain't nothing but an awful boring job 木制品，它是不是只是一个可怕的枯燥的工作

I'm waiting for a day dream 我在等待一个白日梦

To take me through the morning 带我到天亮

And put me in my coffee break 并把我在我的休息时间

Where I can have a sandwich and remember 在那里我可以有一个三明治和记

   

Then it's me and my machine 然后，它是我和我的机器

For the rest of the morning 对于上午的休息

For the rest of the afternoon 下午的休息

And the rest of my life 我的余生

   

Now my mind begins to wander 现在，我开始在脑海里徘徊

To the days back on the farm 到天回农场

I can see my father smiling at me, 我可以看到我的父亲微笑着看着我，

Swingin' on his arm 他的手臂上荡秋千

I can hear my grand-dad's stories 我能听到我的大爸爸的故事

Of the storms out on Lake Erie 在暴出伊利湖

Where vessels and cargos and fortunes 凡船舶和货物及财富

And sailor's lives were lost 和水手的生命消失了

   

Yes, but it's my life has been wasted, 是的，但它是我的生命被浪费了，

And I have been the fool 我一直是傻瓜

To let this manufacture use my body for a tool. 为了让这个生产用我的身体为工具。

I can ride home in the evening, 我可以在晚上骑车回家，

Staring at my hands 盯着我的手

Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl 我的悲哀，一个年轻的女孩说脏话

Ought to stand a better chance 应该有更好的机会

   

So may I work the mills 所以可能我工作的厂

Just as long as I am able 正如只要我能

And never meet the man whose 永不满足的人，他的

Name is on the label 名字是在标签上

   

It be me and my machine 这是我和我的机器

For the rest of the morning 对于上午的休息

For the rest of the afternoon 下午的休息

And the rest of my life 我的余生