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Thousands Are Sailing
The Pogues (with Joe Strummer)
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Mr. Philip Chevron
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The island it is silent now, but the ghosts still haunt the waves
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 or were they from the five and dime?
The old songs taunt or cheer you, can they still make you cry?
Did you count the months and years, or did your teardrops quickly dry?
"Oh, no", says he, "'It was 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
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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 Mr. 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've 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 danced to the music and we dance
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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
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Thank you
Let's sing you welcome to sunnyside of the streets
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