[ti:Show Some Respect] [ar:Sting] [al:The Last Ship (Deluxe Edition)] [00:00.62]Show Some Respect - Sting [00:01.44]Show some respect on this deck for the dear departed, [00:05.24] [00:06.17]Gather ye's round let's be bound by the work we started, [00:10.85]Save all your strength for the length of the task before us, [00:16.34]Think on that ship on the slipway they can't ignore us. [00:20.68] [00:21.44]It's what he would have wanted, he'll not be disappointed, [00:25.62] [00:26.30]Each of us well appointed, we've all but been anointed, [00:30.38] [00:31.12]Such was our occupation, this means of our salvation, [00:35.36] [00:36.18]We'll make a rope out of our dreams and hopes and tribulations. [00:39.92] [00:40.73]We'll weave these strands together, we'll splice a rope and tether, [00:45.53]And though we won't know whether, it's fair or stormy weather, [00:49.90] [00:50.40]We'll quit this quay, [00:51.65] [00:52.34]And we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea. [00:56.02] [01:00.70]Pick up your tools, we're not fools to be treated lightly, [01:04.51] [01:05.25]We'll weld our souls to the bulkheads, secure them tightly, [01:10.06]We'll use the skills and the crafts that our fathers taught us, [01:14.80]We work with pride, not as slaves, no one ever bought us. [01:19.42]We'll weave a net of our dreams and our hopes between us, [01:24.16]We'll be the envy of that sorry bunch who'll wish they'd been us, [01:28.96]We'll form a web of steel, a structure that will not be broken, [01:33.27]We'll be the heroes of the day whenever tales are spoken. [01:38.09]And as the dance gets faster, we'll build a double master, [01:42.23] [01:42.73]No vessel will outlast her, no other ship gets past her, [01:47.88]We'll quit this quay, [01:49.39]And we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea. [01:52.45] [01:57.32]Come strike the floor with your feet all you lads and lasses, [02:01.75]And if you're too old to dance, you can raise your glasses, [02:05.88] [02:06.44]Just come on in, take a spin, in your dreams ye've held her. [02:11.19]What are ye? Man or a mouse, or a shipyard welder? [02:14.93] [02:15.49]Shy bairns get nowt for waiting, so why ye hesitating? [02:18.98] [02:20.23]Ships don't get built debating, or launched just contemplating. [02:24.22] [02:24.78]Wear out your old shoe leather, we're in this dance together, [02:28.77] [02:29.34]We'll pull the blades and feather, in fair or clement weather. [02:33.33] [02:34.02]Each one of us connected, all trades and skills respected, [02:37.76] [02:38.44]Always to be expected, we will not be deflected, [02:42.57] [02:43.26]We'll quit this quay, [02:44.94]And we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea. [02:48.56] [02:52.68]Na na na na na na na na na na na na na [02:56.36] [02:57.30]Na na na na na na na na na na na na na [03:01.41]Na na na na na na na na na na na na [03:05.28] [03:05.91]Na na na na na na na na na na na na na [03:10.34]Na na na na na na na [03:12.59]Na na na na na na na [03:14.70]Na na na na na na na [03:16.76]Na na na na na na na [03:18.89]Na na na na, la la la [03:21.38] [03:22.07]La la la la la la la [03:24.37] [03:30.31]Show some respect, fill the deck, get the lassies twirling, [03:35.13]'Cos they expect to be swept off their feet and whirling, [03:39.56] [03:40.18]Life is a dance, a romance where ye take your chances, [03:44.79]Just don't be left on the shores of regretful glances. [03:48.82] [03:49.81]We may not drive Rolls Royces, we're hardly spoilt for choices, [03:54.43]If we're to pay invoices, we'll need to raise our voices. [03:58.80]Our strength is in communion, this boilermakers' union, [04:02.36] [04:02.98]The shipwright welders' guilds, with every working station filled. [04:07.22] [04:07.78]These bonds we've spliced together, will face all kinds of weather, [04:12.03]Considered altogether, and sailing Hell for leather, [04:16.08] [04:16.64]We'll quit this quay, [04:17.77] [04:18.33]And we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea. [04:21.76] [04:27.44]Where will you be, [04:29.00]When we cast this net of souls upon the sea?