[ti:Island of Souls]
[ar:Sting]
[al:The Soul Cages]
[00:00.00] 作曲 : Sting
[00:00.00] 作词 : Sting
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[00:46.30]Billy was born within sight of the shipyard
[00:51.96]First son of a riveter's son
[00:58.54]And Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadow
[01:04.45]Her great hull would blot out the light of the sun
[01:17.89]And six days a week he would watch his poor father
[01:23.36]A working man live like a slave
[01:29.67]He'd drink every night, and he'd dream of a future
[01:36.33]Of money he never would save
[01:42.62]Billy would cry when he thought of the future
[01:50.58]Soon came a day when the bottle was broken
[01:56.16]They launched the great ship out to sea
[02:02.38]He felt he'd been left on a desolate shore
[02:08.01]To a future he desperately wanted to flee
[02:15.39]What else was there for a ship-builder's son
[02:20.77]A new ship to be built, new work to be done
[02:27.26]One day he dreamed of the ship in the world
[02:36.23]It would carry his father and he
[02:42.04]To a place they would never be found
[02:48.70]To a place far away from this town
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[03:17.65]Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
[03:23.15]All the workmen suspended like flies
[03:30.03]Caught in the flare of acetylene light
[03:35.69]A working man works till the industry dies
[03:42.38]And Billy would cry when he thought of the future
[03:50.24]Then what they call an industrial accident
[03:57.07]Crushed those it couldn't forgive
[04:02.83]They brought Billy's father back home in an ambulance
[04:09.65]A brass watch, a cheque, maybe three weeks to live
[04:15.79]What else was there for a riveter's son
[04:21.01]A new ship to be built, new work to be done
[04:27.08]That night he dreamed of the ship in the world
[04:36.78]It would carry his father and he
[04:42.55]To a place they could never be found
[04:48.71]To a place far away from this town
[04:55.64]A Newcastle ship with no coals
[05:01.95]They would sail to the island of souls
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