《Millworker》歌词

[00:00:11] Millworker - James Taylor

[00:00:15] Now my grandfather was a sailor

[00:00:18] He blew in off the water

[00:00:22] My father was a farmer and I

[00:00:26] His only daughter

[00:00:28] Took up with a no good millworking man

[00:00:32] From Massachusetts

[00:00:35] Who dies from too much whiskey

[00:00:38] And leaves me these three faces to feed

[00:00:49] Millwork ain't easy millwork ain't hard

[00:00:56] Millwork it ain't nothing

[00:00:58] But an awful boring job

[00:01:02] I'm waiting for a daydream

[00:01:06] To take me through the morning

[00:01:09] And put me in my coffee break

[00:01:12] Where I can have a sandwich and remember

[00:01:19] Then it's me and my machine

[00:01:22] For the rest of the morning

[00:01:26] For the rest of the afternoon

[00:01:32] And the rest of my life

[00:01:49] Now my mind begins to wander

[00:01:53] To the days back on the farm

[00:01:56] I can see my father smiling at me

[00:02:00] Swinging on his arm

[00:02:03] I can hear my granddad's stories

[00:02:07] Of the storms out on Lake Erie

[00:02:10] Where vessels and cargoes and fortunes

[00:02:15] And sailors' lives were lost

[00:02:24] Yes but it's my life has been wasted

[00:02:28] And I have been the fool

[00:02:32] To let this manufacturer

[00:02:34] Use my body for a tool

[00:02:38] I can ride home in the evening

[00:02:42] Staring at my hands

[00:02:46] Swearing by my sorrow

[00:02:48] That a young girl ought

[00:02:50] To stand a better chance

[00:02:56] So may I work the mills just

[00:02:59] As long as I am able

[00:03:03] And never meet the man

[00:03:06] Whose name is on the label

[00:03:10] It be me and my machine

[00:03:13] For the rest of the morning

[00:03:17] And the rest of the afternoon

[00:03:21] Gone for the rest of my life