Navigator

Phil Gaston

The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,
They blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts
They never drank water but whiskey by pints
And the shanty towns rang with their songs and their fights.

Navigator, navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight
Yes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.

They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark where
Save the brass in the pocket of the entrepreneur.
By landslide and rockblast they got buried so deep
That in death if not life they'll have peace while they sleep.

Navigator, navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight
Yes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.

Their mark on this land is still seen and still laid
The way for a commerce where vast fortunes were made
The supply of an empire where the sun never set
Which is now deep in darkness, but the railway's there yet.

Navigator, navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight
Yes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.

Wissenswertes über das Lied Navigator von The Pogues

Auf welchen Alben wurde das Lied “Navigator” von The Pogues veröffentlicht?
The Pogues hat das Lied auf den Alben “Rum Sodomy & the Lash” im Jahr 1985, “Original Album Series” im Jahr 2010 und “30 Years” im Jahr 2013 veröffentlicht.
Wer hat das Lied “Navigator” von The Pogues komponiert?
Das Lied “Navigator” von The Pogues wurde von Phil Gaston komponiert.

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