The Pogues - Thousands Are Sailing (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001) текст песни

Текст песни Thousands Are Sailing (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001) - The Pogues



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 railroad
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 on 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 Mister Cohen
Dear old Times 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 danced 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 danced to the music
And we dance



Авторы: Philip Chevron


The Pogues - The Ultimate Collection (with bonus disc Live At The Brixton Academy)

1 A Rainy Night In Soho
2 Sally MacLennane
3 The Irish Rover
4 Dirty Old Town
5 Fairytale of New York
6 Streams of Whiskey
7 If I Should Fall from Grace With God
8 Fiesta
9 The Body Of An American
10 Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
11 Repeal of the Licensing Laws
12 Boys from the County Hell
13 The Sunnyside of the Street
14 A Pair of Brown Eyes (Edit)
15 Summer In Siam
16 The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
17 London Girl
18 Tuesday Morning
19 White City
20 Hell's Ditch
21 Young Ned Of The Hill
22 Thousands Are Sailing
23 Streams of Whiskey (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
24 If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
25 Boys From the County Hell (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
26 The Broad Majestic Shannon (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
27 Young Ned of the Hill (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
28 Turkish Song of the Damned (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
29 Rainy Night in Soho (Live At The Brixton Academy 2001)
30 Tuesday Morning (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
31 Rain Street (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
32 A Pair Of Brown Eyes (Live At The Brixton Academy 2001)
33 Repeal of the Licensing Laws (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
34 The Old Main Drag (Live At The Brixton Academy 2001)
35 Thousands Are Sailing (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
36 Body of an American (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
37 Sally MacLennane (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
38 Lullaby of London (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
39 Dirty Old Town (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
40 Bottle of Smoke (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
41 The Sickbed of Cuchulainn (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)
42 Fairytale of New York (Live At The Brixton Academy 2001)
43 Fiesta (Live At The Brixton Academy 2001)
44 The Irish Rover (Live At the Brixton Academy 2001)




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