Текст песни Sting and Police - Island Of Souls
Sting and Police - Island Of Souls слова песни
Billy was born within sight of the shipyardFirst son of a riveter`s sonAnd Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadowHer great hull would blot out the light of the sunAnd six days a week he would watch his poor fatherA working man live like a slaveHe`d drink every night, and he`d dream of a future,Of money he never would saveBilly would cry when he thought of the futureSoon came a day when the bottle was brokenThey launched the great ship out to seaHe felt he`d been left on a desolate shoreTo a future he desperately wanted to fleeWhat else was there for a ship-builder`s sonA new ship to be built, new work to be doneOne day he dreamed of the ship in the worldIt would carry his father and heTo a place they would never be foundTo a place far away from this townMm-bay mm-bay-day mm-bayMm-bay mm-bay-day mm-bayTrapped in the cage of the skeleton shipAll the workmen suspended like fliesCaught in the flare of acetylene lightA working man works till the industry diesAnd Billy would cry when he thought of the futureThen what they call an industrial accidentCrushed those it couldn`t forgiveThey brought Billy`s father back home in an ambulanceA brass watch, a cheque, maybe three weeks to liveWhat else was there for a riveter`s son?A new ship to be built, new work to be doneThat night he dreamed of the ship in the worldIt would carry his father and heTo a place they could never be foundTo a place far away from this town,A Newcastle ship with no coalsThey would sail to the island of soulsMm-bay mm-bay-day mm-bayMm-bay mm-bay-day mm-bay