《Thousands Are Sailing(Live at the Brixton Academy， 2001)》歌词

歌曲： Thousands Are Sailing(Live at the Brixton Academy， 2001)

所属专辑：The Ultimate Collection (Explicit)

歌手： The Pogues

时长： 04:58

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Thousands Are Sailing (Live At The Brixton Academy 2001) - The Pogues[00:00:00]

The island it is silent now[00:00:19]

But the ghosts still haunt the waves[00:00:22]

And the torch lights up a famished man[00:00:26]

Who fortune could not save[00:00:30]

Did you work upon the railroad[00:00:34]

Did you rid the streets of crime[00:00:38]

Were your dollars from the white house[00:00:42]

Were they from the five and dime[00:00:45]

Did the old songs taunt or cheer you[00:00:49]

And did they still make you cry[00:00:53]

Did you count the months and years[00:00:56]

Or did your teardrops quickly dry[00:00:59]

Ah no says he 'twas not to be[00:01:04]

On a coffin ship I came here[00:01:07]

And I never even got so far[00:01:10]

That they could change my name[00:01:14]

Thousands are sailing[00:01:18]

Across the western ocean[00:01:21]

To a land of opportunity[00:01:25]

That some of them will never see[00:01:28]

Fortune prevailing[00:01:32]

Across the western ocean[00:01:35]

Their bellies full[00:01:39]

Spirits Their free[00:01:40]

They'll break the chains of poverty[00:01:42]

And they'll dance[00:01:46]

In Manhattan's desert twilight[00:01:56]

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

We stepped hand in hand on Broadway[00:02:03]

Like the first man on the moon[00:02:07]

And "The Blackbird" broke the silence[00:02:11]

As you whistled it so sweet[00:02:14]

And in Brendan Behan's footsteps[00:02:18]

I danced up and down the street[00:02:21]

Then we said goodnight to Broadway[00:02:25]

Giving it our best regards[00:02:29]

Tipped our hats to Mister Cohen[00:02:32]

Dear old Times Square's favorite bard[00:02:36]

Then we raised a glass to JFK[00:02:39]

And a dozen more besides[00:02:43]

When I got back to my empty room[00:02:46]

I suppose I must have cried[00:02:50]

Thousands are sailing[00:02:54]

Again across the ocean[00:02:57]

Where the hand of opportunity[00:03:01]

Draws tickets in a lottery[00:03:04]

Postcards we're mailing[00:03:08]

Of sky-blue skies and oceans[00:03:12]

From rooms the daylight never sees[00:03:15]

Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees[00:03:18]

We But dance to the music[00:03:21]

And we dance[00:03:24]

Thousands are sailing[00:03:57]

Across the western ocean[00:04:00]

Where the hand of opportunity[00:04:03]

Draws tickets in a lottery[00:04:07]

Where e'er we go we celebrate[00:04:11]

The land that makes us refugees[00:04:14]

From fear of Priests with empty plates[00:04:17]

From guilt and weeping effigies[00:04:21]

And we dance[00:04:24]