"Journey On" is a song by Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman, Mark Jacoby, Rod Campbell, Duane Martin Foster, Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical, released in 1998 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:00 long and contains 110 lines and 432 words.
Lyrics
0:03It's an honor to go on an expedition with you
0:05Admiral Peary It's men like you who've made this
0:08Country great
0:09It's men like you who'll keep it great
0:11All sails set Admiral
0:13Thank you Mr Henson
0:15This is my First Officer Mr
0:16Matthew Henson
0:18Good evening
0:19Welcome aboard
0:25What's that In the distance
0:27Such a ghostly glow
0:29They're called rag ships
0:31Immigrants from every cesspool
0:33In Western and Eastern Europe
0:35Most of them become very
0:37Patriotic Americans
0:40They're your future customers
0:42My people were also brought here on ships
0:46Good watch Henson
0:50You're a brave man whoever you are
0:53Coming so far
0:55Expecting so much
0:58A salute to the man
0:59On the deck of that ship
1:03A salute to the immigrant stranger
1:08Heaven knows why you's make
1:09Such a terrible trip
1:13May your own god protect you from danger
1:17Is it freedom or love
1:19That you pray for
1:20In you guttural accent
1:21Too late long gone
1:26A salute to a fellow
1:28Who hasn't a chance
1:31Journey on
1:39If people ask how old are you
1:42I don't answer
1:43Your name
1:44No name
1:45Where your mother is
1:47Dead
1:47This is my father He speaks for both of us
1:50This is my father He speaks for both of us
1:54Is that other ship going back home
1:57No no America is our home now
1:59America is our shuttle
2:01Amekhaye khlebn
2:05Look Someone is waving Where is he going
2:08He's a fool on a fool's journey
2:13You depart on a ship
2:14From a country like this
2:17Why on earth would you want to
2:19Be leaving
2:22Was it something you lost
2:23That you suddenly miss
2:27Are you angry
2:28Or possibly
2:28Grieving
2:31Do you see in my face
2:33What you've lost sir
2:34Are you moved by the death ship
2:36We sail upon
2:41Well perhaps you're a man
2:43Who's in search of his heart
2:45Journey on
2:48Journey on
2:51Two ships passing
2:53In the kinship
2:54Of the darkness
2:55One going from
2:57One coming to
2:58America
3:00Two men meeting
3:02At the moment
3:03Of a journey
3:05For a moment
3:06In the darkness
3:07We're the same
3:12And what of the people
3:15Whose boundaries chafe
3:17I salute you
3:18My friend
3:18Who marry so bravely
3:19And end up so safe
3:21May you
3:22Find what
3:22You need
3:23I will be journeying
3:25Here my love
3:26As you go
3:27Journeying
3:28Journeying
3:30Journeying
3:31On the sea
3:36We're two ships passing
3:39At a distance
3:40Through the darkness
3:41One going from
3:42One coming to
3:44America
3:46Strangers sharing
3:48The beginnings
3:49Of a journey
3:51I salute you
3:52God be with you
3:53I will miss you
3:54In the Darkness
3:55Of the dawn
4:00Journey on
It's an honor to go on an expedition with you Admiral Peary It's men like you who've made this Country great It's men like you who'll keep it great All sails set Admiral Thank you Mr Henson This is my First Officer Mr Matthew Henson Good evening Welcome aboard What's that In the distance Such a ghostly glow They're called rag ships Immigrants from every cesspool In Western and Eastern Europe Most of them become very Patriotic Americans They're your future customers My people were also brought here on ships Good watch Henson You're a brave man whoever you are Coming so far Expecting so much A salute to the man On the deck of that ship A salute to the immigrant stranger Heaven knows why you's make Such a terrible trip May your own god protect you from danger Is it freedom or love That you pray for In you guttural accent Too late long gone A salute to a fellow Who hasn't a chance Journey on If people ask how old are you I don't answer Your name No name Where your mother is Dead This is my father He speaks for both of us This is my father He speaks for both of us Is that other ship going back home No no America is our home now America is our shuttle Amekhaye khlebn Look Someone is waving Where is he going He's a fool on a fool's journey You depart on a ship From a country like this Why on earth would you want to Be leaving Was it something you lost That you suddenly miss Are you angry Or possibly Grieving Do you see in my face What you've lost sir Are you moved by the death ship We sail upon Well perhaps you're a man Who's in search of his heart Journey on Journey on Two ships passing In the kinship Of the darkness One going from One coming to America Two men meeting At the moment Of a journey For a moment In the darkness We're the same And what of the people Whose boundaries chafe I salute you My friend Who marry so bravely And end up so safe May you Find what You need I will be journeying Here my love As you go Journeying Journeying Journeying On the sea We're two ships passing At a distance Through the darkness One going from One coming to America Strangers sharing The beginnings Of a journey I salute you God be with you I will miss you In the Darkness Of the dawn Journey on
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