Your father sailed on the Murmansk runTo guide the flocks of the ships home one by oneGrey beneath the Arctic sunOr the glow of Northern LightsI see you have his photographHis eyes are watching for dangers fore or aftTrading days beneath the sunFor the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk runHe never did come home to youIt's long forgotten, a childhood dream or twoBut something of the cold got throughAnd it lingers in your eyesOn days like these you hear the windAnd feel the chill of the ice floes closing inTrading days beneath the sunFor the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk runSave our souls, river of darkness over meSave our souls, lost on the dark uncharted seaNow you hide yourself from viewYou seem to find it an easy thing to doTrading days beneath the sunFor the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk runSave our souls, river of darkness over meSave our souls, lost on the dark uncharted seaWell you wake up in the morning on Hester streetAnd run to the factory, You can't afford to be lateWorking every morning, every evening, every dayFor your money, Yet there's nothing to saveWatching your life pass by the windowFeeling it all run through your handsCounting the thousands behind in the linesWaiting time for their chanceFrom Ellis Island, day after dayFrom Ellis Island, dreams slip awayMeanwhile from the market come the criesOf every tongue and every nationRefugeless refugeesFaces from the endless plains of RussiaBlonde Norwegian, dark CroatianSongs in sad minor keysFeeling the heat inside the fumaceTrying to make that break awayReaching their hands for a gripOn the edge just to slip back againFrom Ellis Island, day after dayFrom Ellis Island, dreams slip awayAh well I've heard it saidIf you just use your headYou can make your fortune hereOne lucky break and that's all it would takeBut it never seems to be nearAnother day, another ship pulls into harborAnd the crowd spills down the gangwayClutching their suitcases tightBlinking in the sunlight at the door of the new worldThey hold the handrailWith all the post thrown behindCaught in between now and foreverWondering just what lies aheadEach one is waiting and hopingThe door will be open to themOn Ellis Island, day after dayOn Ellis Island, time slips awayFrom Ellis Island, day after dayFrom Ellis Island, dreams slip awaySave our souls, river of darkness over meSave our souls, lost on the dark uncharted sea
Lyrics by Al Stewart
(A Child's View Of) The Eisenhower Years \ A Long Way Down From Stephanie A Long Way Down To Stephanie A Man For All Seasons A Small Fruit Song Accident On 3rd Street Almost Lucy Amsterdam Angel Of Mercy Angry Bird Anna Anniversary Antarctica Apple Cider Re-Constitution Bad Reputation Ballad Of Mary Foster Bedsitter Images Beleeka Doodle Day Black Hill Broadway Hotel Cafe Society Candidate Candy Came Back Candy Came Back [*] Carol Charlotte Corday Class of '58 Cleave To Me Clifton In The Rain Constantinople Denise at 16 Don't Forget Me Ear Of The Night Electric Los Angeles Sunset Elvis At The Wheel End Of The Day Feel Like Fields Of France Flying Sorcery Football Hero Genie On A Table Top Gethsemane, Again Gypsy & the Rose Hanno The Navigator Here in angloa Here in angola Hipposong How Does It Happen [*] I'm Falling If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It [Live] In Brooklyn In Red Square [*] - Al Stewart, Peter White In the Dark Indian Summer Ivich Josephine Baker Katherine Of Oregon King Of Portugal Last Days Of The Century License To Steal Life And Life Only Life In Dark Water Like William McKinley Loneliest Place On The Map Lord Grenville Lord Salisbury Lori don t go right now Lori, Don’t Go Right Now Love Chronicles Lover Man Lover Man [*] Manuscript Merlin's Time Midas Shadow Midnight Rocks Modern Times Mona Lisa Talking Mondo Sinistro Murmansk Run / Ellis Island Murmansk runellis island My Enemies Have Sweet Voices Necromancer Next Time Night Meeting Night Rolls In Night Train To Munich Nostradamus Not The One Old Admirals Old Compton Street Blues On the Border One Stage Before One That Got Away - Al Stewart, Peter White One Two Three One two three 1 2 3 One, Two, Three (1, 2, 3) Optical Illusion Out in the Snow Paint By Numbers Peter On The White Sea Post World War Two Blues Pretty Golden Hair Rain Barrel Real And Unreal Red Toupee Ringing Of Bells Ringing of Bells [*] Roads To Moscow Roads to Moscow [Live] Rocks In the Ocean Royal Courtship Rumours Of War Rumours of War - Al Stewart, Peter White Running Man Russians & Americans Sailing Into The Future Samuel, Oh How You've Changed Samuel, Oh How You've Changed! Sand in Your Shoes Scandinavian Girl Shah Of Shahs Silver Kettle Sirens Of Titan Sleepwalking Soho (Needless To Say) Soho (Needless to Say) [Alternate Take] Somewhere in England 1915 Song On the Radio Song on the Radio [Live] Songs Out of Clay Strange Girl Swiss Cottage Maneuvers Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres Terminal Eyes The Candidate The Carmichaels The Dark And Rolling Sea The Dark And The Rolling Sea The Ear Of The Night The Elf The Gypsy and the Rose The Last Day of June 1934 The Loneliest Place On The Map The News From Spain The One That Got Away The Palace Of Versailles The Year of the Cat Time Passages Time Passages [Live] Timeless Skies Tonton Macoute Tonton Macoute [*] Trains Trespasser Turn Into Earth Valentina Way Warren Harding What's Going On? Where Are They Now Where Are They Now? Year Of The Cat You Don't Even Know Me You Should Have Listened To Al Zero She Flies
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