Presidents and Ghosts

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From the western shore
To the eastern coast
Some turned into presidents
Some turned into ghosts
Farewell to that coastline
That coastline is my home
I’ll leave it all behind
Got to go it alone
Eighteen forty five
Trying to stay alive
These dirty grey streets
I’d gladly swap for my mountain side
My family is gone now
These vicious waves I ride
Eighteen forty five
Trying to stay alive
The coffin ships they sailed
For manys’ a lonely week
Diseased rats and a starving race
Survival is all they’d seek
They brought their pipes and whistles
And the songs of ‘98
The prayed for the ones that they left behind
Just to get through New York’s gate
Eighteen forty five
Trying to stay alive
These dirty grey streets
I’d gladly swap for my mountain side
My family is gone now
These vicious waves I ride
Eighteen forty five
Trying to stay alive
We’ll work night and day sir
Till the setting of the sun
We’ll build the roads and the railway lines
Whatever needs to be done
The wailing is in their ears
And the loneliness stayed in their hearts
All they could see through their tear filled eyes
Was the ocean that kept them apart
Eighteen forty five
Trying to stay alive
These dirty grey streets
I’d gladly swap for my mountain side
My family is gone now
These vicious waves I ride
Eighteen forty five
Trying to stay alive
Eighteen forty five
Trying to stay alive
These dirty grey streets
I’d gladly swap for my mountain side
My family is gone now
These vicious waves I ride
Eighteen forty five
Trying to stay alive
Trying to stay alive
Trying to stay alive
Trying to stay alive

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Written by: DAVID FUREY

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