所属专辑:Burning The Daze
歌手: Marc Cohn
时长: 05:12
Ellis Island (埃利斯岛) (LP版) - MARC COHN[00:00:00]
I was driving down Ninth Avenue[00:00:16]
As the sky was getting dark[00:00:22]
Didn't have nothin' else to do[00:00:28]
So I kept on riding to Battery Park[00:00:32]
I stepped out in the damp and misty night[00:00:39]
As the fog was rolling in[00:00:45]
Man said “Last boat leaving tonight[00:00:52]
Is the boat for Ellis Island”[00:00:57]
As my feet touch solid ground[00:01:16]
I felt a chill run down my spine[00:01:22]
I could almost hear the sound[00:01:29]
Of thousands pushing through the lines[00:01:33]
Mothers and bewildered wives[00:01:40]
That sailed across the raging sea[00:01:45]
Others running for their lives[00:01:53]
To the land of opportunity[00:01:57]
Down on Ellis Island[00:02:04]
“What is this strange paradise ”[00:02:12]
They must've wondered through their cries and moans[00:02:17]
After all they've sacrificed[00:02:24]
Their faith their families friends and homes[00:02:28]
Then on the separation stairs[00:02:39]
They were counted out or counted in[00:02:43]
Frozen while the inspectors stared[00:02:52]
Down on Ellis Island[00:02:57]
Down on Ellis Island[00:03:02]
Me I only stumbled in[00:03:36]
Just to wander around that empty hall[00:03:40]
Where someone else's fate had been[00:03:48]
Decided in no time at all[00:03:53]
And cases filled with hats and clothes[00:04:00]
And the belongings of those who journeyed far[00:04:04]
Their strange reminders I suppose[00:04:13]
Of where we're from and who we are[00:04:18]
But as the boat pulled off the shore[00:04:25]
I could see the fog was lifting[00:04:28]
And lights I'd never seen before[00:04:38]
Were shining down on Ellis Island[00:04:41]
Shining down on Ellis Island[00:04:48]