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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, and'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
theyand'll break the chains of poverty
and theyand'll dance
In manhattanand's desert twilight
in the death of afternoon
we stepped hand in hand on broadway
like the first man on the moon
And andquot;the blackbirdandquot; broke the silence
as you whistled it so sweet
and in brendan behanand'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 squareand'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 weand're mailing
of sky-blue skies and oceans
from rooms the daylight never sees
where lights donand't glow on christmas trees
but 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 eand'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
The Pogues
Thousands Are Sailing
Thousands Are Sailing
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, and'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
theyand'll break the chains of poverty
and theyand'll dance
In manhattanand's desert twilight
in the death of afternoon
we stepped hand in hand on broadway
like the first man on the moon
And andquot;the blackbirdandquot; broke the silence
as you whistled it so sweet
and in brendan behanand'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 squareand'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 weand're mailing
of sky-blue skies and oceans
from rooms the daylight never sees
where lights donand't glow on christmas trees
but 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 eand'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
