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sting - island of souls (broadway version) lyrics

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[ensemble]
oom dey ey, oom dey ey, oom dey ey
oom dey ey, oom dey ey, oom dey ey

[jackie white]
gideon was born within sight of the shipyard
this son of a riveter’s son
gideon was raised as the ship grew a shadow
her great hull would blot out the light of the sun

[ensemble]
oom dey ey, oom dey ey, oom dey ey
oom dey ey, oom dey ey, oom dey ey

[jackie white]
trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
all the workmen suspended like flies…

[jackie & peggy white]
caught in the flare of acetylene light:
a son and his father as an industry dies

[company]
what else is there for a shipbuilder’s son? (ooh)
a new ship to complete, new work to be done… (ooh)

one day he dreamed of a ship in the world
that would carry his father and he
to a place they would never be found
to a place far away from this town

[father o’brien]
and year after year a new bottle was broken
that launched a great ship out to sea
he’d stand with his girl near the bend in the river
and the town that he desperately wanted to flee

[young gideon]
another ship ready to launch

[young meg]
it’s a beautiful thing

[young gideon]
let’s hope it, meg. we can get out before it’s too late

[young meg]
gideon, we can’t leave wallsend. we can’t just get on a boat and go –

[young gideon]
but we can. all it takes is the doing of it. and you. and me…

will ye come with me meg to the bend in the river
on a ship that will carry us over the sea?
we’ll canvas the stars and we’ll harness the moonlight

[young meg]
we’ll rope the south wind to the clouds, you and me

[young gideon]
then we’ll cut loose the moorings

[young gideon & young meg]
the winds they shall turn
and we’ll always look fo’wards and never astern

[young gideon]
we’ll be stowaways

[young meg]
pirates!

[young gideon & young meg]
whole fleets we shall burn
and i’ll/you’ll find us a berth
at the end of the earth

[young gideon]
i promise

[young meg]
you promise

[young gideon]
i promise

[young gideon & young meg]
we’ll never return

[jackie white]
and then what they call an industrial accident
left old joe fletcher half dead

[jackie & peggy white]
they brought gideon’s father back home in an ambulance
a br-ss watch, a cheque, and an invalid’s bed

[jackie, father o’brien, peggy, & company]
what else was there for a shipbuilder’s son, (ooh)
a new ship to be built, new work to be done… (ooh)

[men]
for this is our work in the welding of steel
and the bending of plates in the shape of a keel
in our hands are the tools that we’ll leave to our sons
the traditions and sk!lls that we hope to p-ss on
til we sail
til we sail to the island of souls

[joe fletcher]
here, you’ll be needing these. apprentice positions are hard to come by. you’ll be taking it

[young gideon]
no – i don’t think so

[joe fletcher]
your place is here, in the yards

[young gideon]
but that’s your place, not mine

[joe fletcher]
then tell me, how are we going to live? someone has to put food on the table

[young gideon]
i just know i can’t stay here. i can’t end up like…

[joe fletcher]
… like me? like my father and his father? that’s what you mean

[young gideon]
yes

[joe fletcher]
h-ll with you then, gideon fletcher. if that’s all my life means to you, then get the f-ck out of my sight

[young gideon]
no, dad –

[company]
that night he dreamed of a ship in the world
that would carry his soul to the sea
to a place he could never be found
to a place far away from this town
this newcastle ship without coals
he would sail to the island of souls

[young gideon]
…he’s going to make me go into the yards

[young meg]
running away from him won’t help

[young gideon]
and staying here? will that help? his life may be over, but mine’s not

[young meg]
he needs you here, gideon

[young gideon]
he needs nothing from me
it’s now or never, meg. come with me – please, i’m begging you

[young meg]
gideon… i can’t go

[young gideon]
and i can’t stay… i’ll be back for ye, i promise

[young meg]
you say that now

[young gideon]
i’ll find us a berth
at the end of the earth
i promise

[young meg]
you promise

[young gideon]
i promise

[company]
this dream, this dream of a ship in the world
that would carry his soul to the sea
to a place he could never be found
to a place far away from this town
a newcastle ship without coals
he would sail, he would sail
he would sail, he would sail
he would sail to the island of souls

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