[ti:Island Of Souls] [ar:Sting] [al:The Soul Cages] [by:] [offset:0] [00:48.90]Billy was born within sight of the shipyard [00:54.33]First son of a riveter's son [01:00.95]And Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadow [01:06.75]Her great hull would blot out the light of the sun [01:19.48]And six days a week he would watch his poor father [01:25.42]A working man live like a slave [01:31.98]He'd drink every night and he'd dream of a future [01:37.91]Of money he never would save [01:45.08]And Billy would cry when he thought of the future [01:52.63]Soon came a day when the bottle was broken [01:58.18]They launched the great ship out to sea [02:04.73]He felt he'd been left on a desolate shore [02:10.29]To a future he desperately wanted to flee [02:17.72]What else was there for a shipbuilder's son [02:22.90]A new ship to be built new work to be done [02:29.82]One day he dreamed of the ship in the world [02:38.61]It would carry his father and he [02:44.86]To a place they would never be found [02:50.98]To a place far away from this town [03:20.24]Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship [03:25.35]All the workmen suspended like flies [03:32.78]Caught in the flare of acetylene light [03:38.22]A working man works till the industry dies [03:45.45]And Billy would cry when he thought if the future [03:53.00]Then what they call an industrial accident [03:59.24]Crushed those it couldn't forgive [04:05.04]They brought Billy's father back home in an ambulance [04:11.78]A brass watch a cheque maybe three weeks to live [04:18.09]And what else was there for a riveter's son [04:23.08]A new ship to be built new work to be done [04:29.88]That night he dreamed of the ship in the world [04:39.06]It would carry his father and he [04:45.04]To a place they could never be found [04:51.35]To a place far away from this town [04:58.15]A Newcastle ship without coals [05:04.02]They would sail to the island of souls