《Thousands Are Sailing》歌词

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:01:22] Thousands are sailing

[00:01:26] Across the western ocean

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

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

[00:01:37] Fortune prevailing

[00:01:41] Across the western ocean

[00:01:45] Their bellies full

[00:01:47] Spirits Their free

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:03:06] Thousands are sailing

[00:03:10] Again across the ocean

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:03:38] And we dance

[00:04:14] Thousands are sailing

[00:04:17] Across the western ocean

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[00:04:46] And we dance