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Pogues lyrics
Thousands Are Sailing lyrics
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
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 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
Other Pogues lyrics:
Transmetropolitan lyrics
Boys From The County Hell lyrics
Sea Shanty lyrics
Dark Streets Of London lyrics
Streams Of Whiskey lyrics
Poor Paddy lyrics
Greenland Whale Fisheries lyrics
Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go lyrics
Kitty lyrics
The Auld Triangle lyrics
Waxie's Dargle lyrics
The Old Main Drag lyrics
A Pair Of Brown Eyes lyrics
Sally MacLennane lyrics
Dirty Old Town lyrics
Navigator lyrics
Billy's Bones lyrics
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn lyrics
I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day lyrics
Jesse James lyrics
The Gentleman Soldier lyrics
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda lyrics
If I Should Fall From Grace With God lyrics
Turkish Song Of The Damned lyrics
Bottle Of Smoke lyrics
Medley (Recruiting Sergeant, Rocky Road To Dublin, Galway Races) lyrics
Streets Of Sorrow\Birmingham Six lyrics
Lullaby Of London lyrics
Sit Down By The Fire lyrics
The Broad Majestic Shannon lyrics
Worms lyrics
Fairytale Of New York lyrics
Fiesta lyrics
White City lyrics
Misty Morning, Albert Bridge lyrics
Cotton Fields lyrics
Blue Heaven lyrics
Down All the Days lyrics
Lorelei lyrics
Gartloney Rats lyrics
Tombestone lyrics
Night Train to Lorca lyrics
London You're a Lady lyrics
Young Ned of the Hill lyrics
USA lyrics
Boat Train lyrics
The Sunnyside Of The Street lyrics
Sayonara lyrics
Hell's Ditch lyrics
Lorca's Novena lyrics
Summer In Siam lyrics
Rain Street lyrics
Rainbow Man lyrics
The Wake Of The Medusa lyrics
House Of The Gods lyrics
Six To Go lyrics
The Ghost Of A Smile lyrics
5 Green Queens And Jean lyrics
Tuesday Morning lyrics
Smell Of Petroleum lyrics
Once Upon A Time lyrics
Sitting On Top Of The World lyrics
Drunken Boat lyrics
Big City lyrics
Girl From The Wadi Hammamat lyrics
Modern World lyrics
Pachinko lyrics
My Baby's Gone lyrics
Small Hours lyrics
Haunting lyrics
How Come lyrics
Living In A World Without Her lyrics
When The Ship Comes In lyrics
Anniversary lyrics
Amadie lyrics
Love You 'Till The End lyrics
Bright Lights lyrics
Oretown lyrics
Pont Mirabeau lyrics
Four O'Clock In The Morning lyrics
Where That Love's Been Gone lyrics
The Sun And The Moon lyrics
Tosspint lyrics
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