Pogues - Navigator Lyrics
The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,They blasted and dug with their sweat and their gutsThey never drank water but whiskey by pintsAnd the shanty towns rang with their songs and their fights.Navigator, navigator rise up and be strongThe morning is here and theres work to be done.Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamiteFor to shift a few tons of this earthly delightYes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark whereSave the brass in the pocket of the entrepreneur.By landslide and rockblast they got buried so deepThat in death if not life theyll have peace while they sleep.Navigator, navigator rise up and be strongThe morning is here and theres work to be done.Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamiteFor to shift a few tons of this earthly delightYes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.Their mark on this land is still seen and still laidThe way for a commerce where vast fortunes were madeThe supply of an empire where the sun never setWhich is now deep in darkness, but the railways there yet.Navigator, navigator rise up and be strongThe morning is here and theres work to be done.Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamiteFor to shift a few tons of this earthly delightYes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.
