Verse:
The island it is silent now
DBut the ghosts still haunt the waves
A F#mAnd the torch lights up a famished man
Who fortune could not save
Did you work upon the railroad
DDid you rid the streets of crime
A F#mWere your dollars from the white house
Were they from the five and dime
F#mDid the old songs taunt or cheer you
D AAnd did they still make you cry
Did you count the months and years
Bm EOr did your teardrops quickly dry
AAh, No, says he 'twas not to be
On a coffin ship I came here
A F#mAnd I never even got so far
E AThat they could change my mind
ChorusF#m
Thousands are still sailing
E BmAcross the Western Ocean
To a land of opportunity
E BmThat some of them will never see
F#mFortune prevailing
Across the Western Ocean
F#mTheir bellies full
And their spirits free
They'll break the chains of poverty
D F#m E B D F#m E BAnd they'll dance
F#m Bm F#m D A E A E A
Verse 2
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 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
Chorus 2
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
Chorus 3
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
D F#m E B /*repeat to fade*/
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