Released: December 15, 2014
Featuring: Jimmy Nail
Songwriter: Sting
Producer: Rob Mathes
Jackie:
They say there’s an underground river
That none of us can see
And it flows through winding tunnels
On it’s way to a tideless sea
Jackie & Men:
And across that sea is an island
A paradise, we are told
Where the toils of life are forgotten
And they call it the island of souls
For only a soul can go there
A soul that’s been set free
From the confines of a working life
To find eternity
Hummm
Hummm
Jackie & Ensemble:
Oh a man builds a cage with the tools he is given, (Oh a man)
His casket is sealed with a riveter’s gun
All the days in between he’s just making a livin’, (All the days)
‘Til he takes to his bed, where he lays down his head
And he’s passed on his tools to his son
‘Til the ship’s left the quay, only now is he free
And the days of his labor are done
All
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah...
Jackie
This is what we do, we build ships
They say there’s an underground river
That none of us can see
And it flows through winding tunnels
On it’s way to a tideless sea
Jackie & Men:
And across that sea is an island
A paradise, we are told
Where the toils of life are forgotten
And they call it the island of souls
For only a soul can go there
A soul that’s been set free
From the confines of a working life
To find eternity
Hummm
Hummm
Jackie & Ensemble:
Oh a man builds a cage with the tools he is given, (Oh a man)
His casket is sealed with a riveter’s gun
All the days in between he’s just making a livin’, (All the days)
‘Til he takes to his bed, where he lays down his head
And he’s passed on his tools to his son
‘Til the ship’s left the quay, only now is he free
And the days of his labor are done
All
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah...
Jackie
This is what we do, we build ships
more tracks from the album
The Last Ship (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- August Winds
- We’ve Got Now’t Else
- The Last Ship (Part One)
- When We Dance (Broadway Cast Version)
- So to Speak (Broadway Cast Version)
- It’s Not the Same Moon (Broadway Version)
- Underground River
- The Last Ship (Finale)
- Dead Man’s Boots (Broadway Version)
- Sail Away
- Ghost Story (Broadway Version)
- The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance
- What Say You Meg (Single Version)
- If You Ever See Me Talking to a Sailor
- What Say You Meg?
- Island of Souls (Broadway Version)
- All This Time (Broadway Version)
- Shipyard
- Show Some Respect (Broadway Version)
- Mrs. Dees’ Rant
From the album
Sting popular songs
- Shape of My Heart
- Englishman in New York
- Desert Rose
- Fields of Gold
- Fragile
- Russians
- It’s Probably Me
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
- Brand New Day
- Seven Days
- Mad About You
- A Thousand Years
- Soul Cake
- I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
- If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
- All This Time
- When We Dance
- If It’s Love
- The Last Ship
- Fortress Around Your Heart
- Children’s Crusade
- Moon Over Bourbon Street
- Synchronicity I
- Giacomo’s Blues