《Ordinary Man》歌词

[00:00:02] Ordinary Man - Christy Moore

[00:00:19] I'm an ordinary man nothing special nothing grand

[00:00:24] I've had to work for everything I own

[00:00:30] I never asked for a lot I was happy with what I got

[00:00:35] Enough to keep my family and my home

[00:00:41] Now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards

[00:00:46] They say there's not the work to go around

[00:00:52] And when the whistle blows the gates will finally close

[00:00:57] Tonight they're going to shut this factory down

[00:01:02] Then they'll tear it d-o-w-n

[00:01:14] I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay

[00:01:20] For twenty years I served them best I could

[00:01:25] Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget

[00:01:31] Loyalty through the bad times and through good

[00:01:36] The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad

[00:01:42] But the captains of industry won't let him lose

[00:01:48] He still drives a car and smokes his cigar

[00:01:53] And still he takes his family on a cruise he'll never lose

[00:02:10] Well it seems to me such a cruel irony

[00:02:15] He's richer now then he ever was before

[00:02:21] Now my cheque is spent and I can't afford the rent

[00:02:26] There's one law for the rich one for the poor

[00:02:32] Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride

[00:02:37] To find some work so's I might pay my way

[00:02:43] Oh but everywhere I go the answer's always no

[00:02:48] There's no work for anyone here today no work today

[00:03:05] And so condemned I stand just an ordinary man

[00:03:11] Like thousands beside me in the queue

[00:03:16] I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life

[00:03:22] And God knows what the kids are going to do

[00:03:28] Now that we are faced with this human waste

[00:03:33] A generation cast aside

[00:03:39] And as long as I live I never will forgive

[00:03:45] You've stripped me of my dignity and pride you've stripped me bare

[00:03:55] You've stripped me bare You've stripped me bare