I'm sick of working on the land
I wanna work with machines and look handsome

I have been indulging

in ostentatious display
doing little more than eat
three square meals a day

And I've been shirking my duty
so I've been sending gifts to curry favour

But because I love you
and because you love me
a model worker
I'II willingly be

I need a holiday, I've not been well
take me to the Brocade River Hotel

And I just want to know
while the revolution lasts
will it enable me
to swallow broken glass!

I'm not too worried by hegemony
I know the cadre will look after me

And I just want to know while the revolution lasts
will it enable me to swallow broken glass!

I have been indulging in ostentatious display
doing little more than eat three square meals a day

But because I love you ..