I’m spending my nights at the flophouse,
I’m spending my days on the street,
I’m looking for work and I find none,
I’wish I had something to eat.
Soup, soup
they give me a bowl of soup,
soup, soup,
they give me a bowl of soup.
Od mladih nog bil sem v tovarni,
zalagal se z delom za dva,
poslušen na vsako besedo,
na starost pa kdo me pozna:
Juhe, juhe,
le skledico juhe dobim,
juhe, juhe,
le skledico juhe dobim.
Naložil sem v banki prihranek,
da kupim si avto morda,
a ko sem denar svoj zahteval,
dobil sem odgovor le-ta:
Juhe, juhe…
I fought in the war for my country,
I went out to bleed and to die.
I thought that my country would help me,
but this was my country’s reply:
Soup, soup…
Soup song se je rodila v stavkovnem valu leta 1937, v ZDA. Melodija vam bo takoj znana, tj. škotska ljudska melodija My Bonnie lies over the ocean. Pesem o juhi, juhi kot metafori za delo. Vedno pa ne pojemo takšne juhe kakršno si skuhamo sami.