[Verse 1]
When in the morning the night loses out to the day
And when the first sunbeam strangles the last dusk
Then I wake up, in the trench where I sleep
Then I wake up
The foreign workers are coming and I have to leave
Otherwise, they will report me
So I just crawl out and clean off the dirt, as best as I can
So I get up, in the trench where I sleep
So I get up
[Verse 2]
I have not shaved nor washed myself for ten days
And I have nothing but a bottle of rum in my coat pocket
I drink it for breakfast and then
I scrounge off a cigarette from somebody
And a shilling
And people are coming towards me
Like a wall they are approaching me
It seems to me I'm the only one who's coming up to meet them
But I pull myself together and at the first step, I close my eyes
[Outro]
It does not matter, if I work or not
Because for the thin monastery soup, it's enough if I pray
Leave me alone because today they fill up my trench
Leave me alone