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..