《Thousands Are Sailing》歌词

歌曲： Thousands Are Sailing

所属专辑：The Ultimate Collection (Explicit)

歌手： The Pogues

时长： 05:26

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Thousands Are Sailing - The Pogues[00:00:00]

The island it is silent now[00:00:21]

But the ghosts still haunt the waves[00:00:24]

And the torch lights up a famished man[00:00:28]

Who fortune could not save[00:00:32]

Did you work upon the railroad[00:00:36]

Did you rid the streets of crime[00:00:40]

Were your dollars from the white house[00:00:44]

Were they from the five and dime[00:00:48]

Did the old songs taunt or cheer you[00:00:52]

And did they still make you cry[00:00:55]

Did you count the months and years[00:00:59]

Or did your teardrops quickly dry[00:01:02]

Ah no says he towas not to be[00:01:07]

On a coffin ship I came here[00:01:11]

And I never even got so far[00:01:14]

That they could change my name[00:01:18]

Thousands are sailing[00:01:22]

Across the western ocean[00:01:26]

To a land of opportunity[00:01:30]

That some of them will never see[00:01:33]

Fortune prevailing[00:01:37]

Across the western ocean[00:01:41]

Their bellies full[00:01:45]

Spirits Their free[00:01:47]

They'll break the chains of poverty[00:01:49]

And they'll dance[00:01:52]

In Manhattan's desert twilight[00:02:04]

In the death of afternoon[00:02:08]

We stepped hand in hand on Broadway[00:02:11]

Like the first man on the moon[00:02:15]

And "The Blackbird" broke the silence[00:02:19]

As you whistled it so sweet[00:02:23]

And in Brendan Behan's footsteps[00:02:27]

I danced up and down the street[00:02:31]

Then we said goodnight to Broadway[00:02:35]

Giving it our best regards[00:02:38]

Tipped our hats to Mister Cohen[00:02:43]

Dear old Times Square's favorite bard[00:02:46]

Then we raised a glass to JFK[00:02:50]

And a dozen more besides[00:02:54]

When I got back to my empty room[00:02:58]

I suppose I must have cried[00:03:02]

Thousands are sailing[00:03:06]

Again across the ocean[00:03:10]

Where the hand of opportunity[00:03:13]

Draws tickets in a lottery[00:03:17]

Postcards we're mailing[00:03:21]

Of sky-blue skies and oceans[00:03:25]

From rooms the daylight never sees[00:03:29]

Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees[00:03:33]

But dance to the music[00:03:36]

And we dance[00:03:38]

Thousands are sailing[00:04:14]

Across the western ocean[00:04:17]

Where the hand of opportunity[00:04:21]

Draws tickets in a lottery[00:04:25]

Where'er we go we celebrate[00:04:29]

The land that makes us refugees[00:04:33]

From fear of Priests with empty plates[00:04:36]

From guilt and weeping effigies[00:04:40]

But we dance to the music[00:04:44]

And we dance[00:04:46]