《Minimum Wage》歌词

[00:00:00] Minimum Wage - Lila Downs (利拉·唐斯)

[00:00:05] Traveled seven hundred miles

[00:00:08] Crossed the border to the States

[00:00:11] With a plastic bottle running

[00:00:13] Cross the desert in a shake

[00:00:16] Come to English only country

[00:00:19] Hidin' from the minutemen

[00:00:21] Come to make this place my home

[00:00:24] Run a long long way from then

[00:00:27] Story of a lifetime

[00:00:31] For the minimum wage

[00:00:35] Well they chased me through the desert

[00:00:40] Then the agents strapped me down

[00:00:43] Then they ask me why in Spanish

[00:00:45] Why you keep on comin' back

[00:00:48] When I left my dad in Jersey

[00:00:51] And my sister in Des Moines

[00:00:53] They've been workin' in this country

[00:00:56] Pickin' lettuce washing floors

[00:00:59] Story of a lifetime

[00:01:03] For the minimum wage

[00:01:07] Well they raised me to eight dollars

[00:01:12] 'Cause I washed the dishes fast

[00:01:15] Well the boss he got me workin'

[00:01:17] On the porch and in the back

[00:01:20] Then I wash the dish and rinse it

[00:01:23] Then I go home late and sleep

[00:01:25] Well I need to be awake now

[00:01:28] 'Cause I walk out in my sleep

[00:01:30] When I see that black van comin'

[00:01:33] Then I know I'm sure to run

[00:01:36] Goddamn them agents caught me

[00:01:39] Cuffed me on the spot

[00:01:41] For the minimum wage

[00:02:13] No one forced the boss to hire me

[00:02:16] But it's nearly been fifteen

[00:02:18] When I left my baby cryin'

[00:02:21] With a promise in my skin

[00:02:24] On the outskirts of L A

[00:02:27] I recite a native poem

[00:02:29] Million hands ten thousand years

[00:02:32] It's the season for the crop

[00:02:34] It's my people doin' the pickin'

[00:02:37] In the valley of the dolls

[00:02:40] It's a decent job to work at

[00:02:43] Any day I'll take this job

[00:02:45] Ethiopian Colombian Pakistani Cantonese

[00:02:50] Every man that I run into

[00:02:53] All the kitchens on the strip

[00:02:56] And they're pluggin' in them hours

[00:02:59] Smilin' in their dreams

[00:03:01] They´re a long long way from home now

[00:03:04] But they lookin' to be free

[00:03:06] California Alabama and Missouri Oregon

[00:03:12] They been workin' like their fathers were

[00:03:15] A long long time ago

[00:03:17] For the minimum wage

[00:03:19] For the minimum wage

[00:03:30] For the minimum wage

[00:03:34] For for for for the minimum wage

[00:03:38] It's a bumpy road to ride in

[00:03:41] But I'll take it anytime

[00:03:44] It's a bumpy road to take

[00:03:46] But I'll take it day

[00:03:49] It's a bumpy road to take

[00:03:52] But I'll take it anytime

[00:03:56] For the minimum wage