《Ellis Island(LP版)》歌词

[00:00:00] Ellis Island (埃利斯岛) (LP版) - MARC COHN

[00:00:16] I was driving down Ninth Avenue

[00:00:22] As the sky was getting dark

[00:00:28] Didn't have nothin' else to do

[00:00:32] So I kept on riding to Battery Park

[00:00:39] I stepped out in the damp and misty night

[00:00:45] As the fog was rolling in

[00:00:52] Man said “Last boat leaving tonight

[00:00:57] Is the boat for Ellis Island”

[00:01:16] As my feet touch solid ground

[00:01:22] I felt a chill run down my spine

[00:01:29] I could almost hear the sound

[00:01:33] Of thousands pushing through the lines

[00:01:40] Mothers and bewildered wives

[00:01:45] That sailed across the raging sea

[00:01:53] Others running for their lives

[00:01:57] To the land of opportunity

[00:02:04] Down on Ellis Island

[00:02:12] “What is this strange paradise ”

[00:02:17] They must've wondered through their cries and moans

[00:02:24] After all they've sacrificed

[00:02:28] Their faith their families friends and homes

[00:02:39] Then on the separation stairs

[00:02:43] They were counted out or counted in

[00:02:52] Frozen while the inspectors stared

[00:02:57] Down on Ellis Island

[00:03:02] Down on Ellis Island

[00:03:36] Me I only stumbled in

[00:03:40] Just to wander around that empty hall

[00:03:48] Where someone else's fate had been

[00:03:53] Decided in no time at all

[00:04:00] And cases filled with hats and clothes

[00:04:04] And the belongings of those who journeyed far

[00:04:13] Their strange reminders I suppose

[00:04:18] Of where we're from and who we are

[00:04:25] But as the boat pulled off the shore

[00:04:28] I could see the fog was lifting

[00:04:38] And lights I'd never seen before

[00:04:41] Were shining down on Ellis Island

[00:04:48] Shining down on Ellis Island