All my life, I've been a workin' man 我所有的生活，我一直是个干活的人

When I was at school they said that's all you'll ever understand 当我在学校，他们说这就是你永远理解

No profession, I didn't figure in their plans 不专业，我没有弄清楚在他们的计划

So they sent me down the factory to be a workin' man 所以他们派我来，工厂是一个干活的人

   

All I lived for, all I lived for 我只住了，我只住了

All I lived for was to get out of the factory 我所住的是走出工厂

Now I'm here seemingly free, but working at the factory 现在，我在这里看似自由，但在工厂工作

   

Then music came along and gave new life to me 然后，音乐的出现，给了新的生命，我

And gave me hope back in 1963 并给了我希望，早在1963年

The music came and set me free 音乐来了，让我自由

From working at the factory 从在工厂工作

   

All I lived for, all I lived for 我只住了，我只住了

Was to get out of the factory 是走出工厂

All I lived for, all I lived for 我只住了，我只住了

Was to get out of the factory 是走出工厂

   

Never wanted to be like everybody else 从未想过要像别人一样

But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf 但现在有那么多像我一样坐在架子上

They sold us a dream but in reality 他们卖给我们的一个梦想，但在现实中

It was just another factory 这只是另一家工厂

I made the music, thought that it was mine 我做的音乐，认为这是我的

It made me free, but that was in another time 这让我自由，但那是在另一个时间

But then the corporations and the big combines 但随后公司和大联合

Turned musicians into factory workers on assembly lines 乐翻进厂的工人在装配线

   

All we live for, all we live for 我们所住的，我们所有的生活

All we live for is to get out of the factory 我们所住的，是走出工厂

We made the music to set ourselves free 我们做的音乐给自己订免费

From working at the factory 从在工厂工作

   

All my life I've put in a working day 我所有的生活中，我已经把在一个工作日内

Now it's sign the contract, get production on the way 现在，在合同上签字，拿到生产的方式

   

Take the money, make the music pay 拿钱，使音乐付费

Working at the factory 工作在工厂

All I lived for was to get out of the factory 我所住的是走出工厂

   

Never wanted to be like everybody else 从未想过要像别人一样

But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf 但现在有那么多像我一样坐在架子上

They sold us a dream that in reality 他们卖给我们的一个梦想，在现实中

Was just another factory 只是另一个工厂

   

Working at the factory 工作在工厂