The Pogues《Thousands Are Sailing》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:00.90]The Pogues - Thousands Are Sailing [00:20.06]The island it is silent now [00:23.52]But the ghosts still haunt the waves [00:27.67]And the torch lights up a famished man [00:31.83]Who fortune could not save [00:35.58]Did you work upon the railroad [00:39.48]Did you rid the streets of crime [00:43.33]Were your dollars from the white house [00:47.18]Were they from the five and dime [00:51.18]Did the old songs taunt or cheer you [00:54.84]And did they still make you cry [00:58.79]Did you count the months and years [01:01.83]Or did your teardrops quickly dry [01:06.25]Ah  no  says he was not to be [01:10.33]On a coffin ship I came here [01:13.79]And I never even got so far [01:17.60]That they could change my name [01:21.96]Thousands are sailing [01:25.60]Across the western ocean [01:29.35]To a land of opportunity [01:33.20]That some of them will never see [01:37.29]Fortune prevailing [01:40.54]Across the western ocean [01:44.59]Their bellies full [01:46.36]Their free [01:47.69]They'll break the chains of poverty [01:52.00]And they'll dance [02:03.48]In Manhattan's desert twilight [02:07.44]In the death of afternoon [02:11.04]We stepped hand in hand on Broadway [02:15.14]Like the first man on the moon [02:19.00]And "The Blackbird" broke the silence [02:22.75]As you whistled it so sweet [02:26.85]And in Brendan Behan's footsteps [02:30.40]I danced up and down the street [02:34.81]Then we said goodnight to Broadway [02:38.51]Giving it our best regards [02:42.37]Tipped our hats to Mister Cohen [02:45.98]Dear old Times Square's favorite bard [02:49.93]Then we raised a glass to JFK [02:53.98]And a dozen more besides [02:57.53]When I got back to my empty room [03:01.59]I suppose I must have cried [03:05.65]Thousands are sailing [03:09.25]Again across the ocean [03:13.07]Where the hand of opportunity [03:16.77]Draws tickets in a lottery [03:20.88]Postcards we're mailing [03:24.47]Of sky-blue skies and oceans [03:28.37]From rooms the daylight never sees [03:32.07]Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees [03:35.73]But dance to the music [03:37.76]And we dance [04:13.52]Thousands are sailing [04:16.97]Across the western ocean [04:20.79]Where the hand of opportunity [04:24.54]Draws tickets in a lottery [04:28.42]Where are we go  we celebrate [04:32.23]The land that makes us refugees [04:36.00]From fear of Priests with empty plates [04:39.86]From guilt and weeping effigies [04:43.52]And we dance