מילים לשיר Thousands Are Sailing – 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
Were they from the five and dime
Did you rid the streets of crime
Were your dollars from the white house And did they still make you cry
Did the old songs taunt or cheer you
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 Across the Western Ocean
Thousands are sailing
To a land of opportunity
That some of them will never see
Fortune prevailing
Across the Western Ocean
Their bellies full
And 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 As you whistled it so sweet
And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
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 Cohan
Dear old Times Square's favourite bard Then we raised a glass to J.F.K.
And a dozen more besides
When I got back to my empty room
I suppose I must have cried Where the hand of opportunity
Thousands are sailing
Draws tickets in a lottery
Again across the ocean
Of skyPostcards we're mailing
Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees
From rooms the daylight never sees
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 The land that makes us refugees
Where e'er we go, we celebrate
From fear of Priests with empty plates
And we danceFrom guilt and weeping effigies.