歌曲 | Thousands Are Sailing |
歌手 | The Pogues |
专辑 | 30:30 - The Essential Collection |
下载 | Image LRC TXT |
作词 : Chevron | |
The island, it is silent now | |
But the ghosts still haunt the waves | |
And the torch lights up a famished man | |
Who fortune could not save | |
Did you work upon the railroads? | |
Did you rid the streets of crime? | |
Were your dollars from the White House? | |
Were they from the five and dime? | |
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you | |
And did they still make you cry? | |
Did you count the months and years | |
Or did your teardrops quickly dry? | |
Ah, no, says he, 'twas not to be | |
On a coffin ship, I came here | |
And I never even got so far | |
That they could change my name | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
To a land of opportunity | |
That some of them will never see | |
Fortune prevailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
Their bellies full, their spirits free | |
They'll break the chains of poverty | |
And they'll dance | |
In Manhattan's desert twilight | |
In the death of afternoon | |
We stepped hand-in-hand down Broadway | |
Like the first man on the moon | |
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence | |
As you whistled it so sweet | |
And in Brendan Behan's footsteps | |
I danced up and down the street | |
Then we said goodnight to Broadway | |
Giving it our best regards | |
Tipped our hats to Mr. Cohen | |
Dear old Time Square's favorite bard | |
Then we raised a glass to JFK | |
And a dozen more besides | |
When I got back to my empty room | |
I suppose I must have cried | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Again across the ocean | |
Where the hand of opportunity | |
Draws tickets in a lottery | |
Postcards we're mailing | |
Of sky-blue skies and oceans | |
From rooms the daylight never sees | |
Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees | |
And we dance to the music and we dance | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
Where the hand of opportunity | |
Draws tickets in a lottery | |
Where e'er we go, we celebrate | |
The land that makes us refugees | |
From fear of priests with empty plates | |
From guilt and weeping effigies | |
And we dance to the music and we dance |
zuo ci : Chevron | |
The island, it is silent now | |
But the ghosts still haunt the waves | |
And the torch lights up a famished man | |
Who fortune could not save | |
Did you work upon the railroads? | |
Did you rid the streets of crime? | |
Were your dollars from the White House? | |
Were they from the five and dime? | |
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you | |
And did they still make you cry? | |
Did you count the months and years | |
Or did your teardrops quickly dry? | |
Ah, no, says he, ' twas not to be | |
On a coffin ship, I came here | |
And I never even got so far | |
That they could change my name | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
To a land of opportunity | |
That some of them will never see | |
Fortune prevailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
Their bellies full, their spirits free | |
They' ll break the chains of poverty | |
And they' ll dance | |
In Manhattan' s desert twilight | |
In the death of afternoon | |
We stepped handinhand down Broadway | |
Like the first man on the moon | |
And quot The Blackbird quot broke the silence | |
As you whistled it so sweet | |
And in Brendan Behan' s footsteps | |
I danced up and down the street | |
Then we said goodnight to Broadway | |
Giving it our best regards | |
Tipped our hats to Mr. Cohen | |
Dear old Time Square' s favorite bard | |
Then we raised a glass to JFK | |
And a dozen more besides | |
When I got back to my empty room | |
I suppose I must have cried | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Again across the ocean | |
Where the hand of opportunity | |
Draws tickets in a lottery | |
Postcards we' re mailing | |
Of skyblue skies and oceans | |
From rooms the daylight never sees | |
Where lights don' t glow on Christmas trees | |
And we dance to the music and we dance | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
Where the hand of opportunity | |
Draws tickets in a lottery | |
Where e' er we go, we celebrate | |
The land that makes us refugees | |
From fear of priests with empty plates | |
From guilt and weeping effigies | |
And we dance to the music and we dance |
zuò cí : Chevron | |
The island, it is silent now | |
But the ghosts still haunt the waves | |
And the torch lights up a famished man | |
Who fortune could not save | |
Did you work upon the railroads? | |
Did you rid the streets of crime? | |
Were your dollars from the White House? | |
Were they from the five and dime? | |
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you | |
And did they still make you cry? | |
Did you count the months and years | |
Or did your teardrops quickly dry? | |
Ah, no, says he, ' twas not to be | |
On a coffin ship, I came here | |
And I never even got so far | |
That they could change my name | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
To a land of opportunity | |
That some of them will never see | |
Fortune prevailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
Their bellies full, their spirits free | |
They' ll break the chains of poverty | |
And they' ll dance | |
In Manhattan' s desert twilight | |
In the death of afternoon | |
We stepped handinhand down Broadway | |
Like the first man on the moon | |
And quot The Blackbird quot broke the silence | |
As you whistled it so sweet | |
And in Brendan Behan' s footsteps | |
I danced up and down the street | |
Then we said goodnight to Broadway | |
Giving it our best regards | |
Tipped our hats to Mr. Cohen | |
Dear old Time Square' s favorite bard | |
Then we raised a glass to JFK | |
And a dozen more besides | |
When I got back to my empty room | |
I suppose I must have cried | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Again across the ocean | |
Where the hand of opportunity | |
Draws tickets in a lottery | |
Postcards we' re mailing | |
Of skyblue skies and oceans | |
From rooms the daylight never sees | |
Where lights don' t glow on Christmas trees | |
And we dance to the music and we dance | |
Thousands are sailing | |
Across the western ocean | |
Where the hand of opportunity | |
Draws tickets in a lottery | |
Where e' er we go, we celebrate | |
The land that makes us refugees | |
From fear of priests with empty plates | |
From guilt and weeping effigies | |
And we dance to the music and we dance |