Tonart: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The island, it is silent now
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But the ghosts still haunt the waves
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And the torch lights up a famished man
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Who fortune could not save
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Did you work upon the railroad
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Did you rid the streets of crime
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Were your dollars from the white house
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Were they from the five and dime
Verse 2
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Did the old songs taunt or cheer you
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And did they still make you cry
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Did you count the months and years
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Or did your teardrops quickly dry
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Ah, no, says he, 'twas not to be
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On a coffin ship I came here
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And I never even got so far
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That they could change my name
Chorus 1
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Thousands are sailing
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Across the western ocean
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To a land of opportunity
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That some of them will never see
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Fortune prevailing
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Across the western ocean
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Their bellies full, their spirits free
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They'll break the chains of poverty
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And they'll dance
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Verse 3
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In Manhattan's desert twilight
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In the death of afternoon
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We stepped hand in hand down Broadway
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Like the first man on the moon
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And "The Blackbird" broke the silence
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As you whistled it so sweet
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And in Brendan Behan's footsteps
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I danced up and down the street
Verse 4
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Then we said goodnight to Broadway
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Giving it our best regards
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Tipped our hats to mister Cohan
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Dear old times square's favorite bard
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Then we raised a glass to JFK
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And a dozen more besides
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When I got back to my empty room
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I suppose I must have cried
Chorus 2
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Thousands are sailing
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Again across the ocean
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Where the hand of opportunity
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Draws tickets in a lottery
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Postcards we're mailing
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Of sky-blue skies and oceans
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From rooms the daylight never sees
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And lights don't glow on Christmas trees
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And we dance to the music
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And we dance
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Interlude 1
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Chorus 3
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Thousands are sailing
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Across the western ocean
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Where the hand of opportunity
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Draws tickets in a lottery
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Where e'er we go, we celebrate
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The land that makes us refugees
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From fear of priests with empty plates
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From guilt and weeping effigies
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And we dance to the music
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And we dance
Outro 1
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[Repeat and fade]
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