[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,
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[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.
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[00:21.44]It's what he would have wanted, he'll not be disappointed,
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[00:26.30]Each of us well appointed, we've all but been anointed,
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[00:31.12]Such was our occupation, this means of our salvation,
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[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,
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[00:50.40]We'll quit this quay,
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[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,
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[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,
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[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,
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[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?
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[02:15.49]Shy bairns get nowt for waiting, so why ye hesitating?
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[02:20.23]Ships don't get built debating, or launched just contemplating.
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[02:24.78]Wear out your old shoe leather, we're in this dance together,
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[02:29.34]We'll pull the blades and feather, in fair or clement weather.
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[02:34.02]Each one of us connected, all trades and skills respected,
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[02:38.44]Always to be expected, we will not be deflected,
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[02:43.26]We'll quit this quay,
[02:44.94]And we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea.
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[02:52.68]Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
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[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
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[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
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[03:22.07]La la la la la la la
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[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,
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[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.
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[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,
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[04:02.98]The shipwright welders' guilds, with every working station filled.
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[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,
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[04:16.64]We'll quit this quay,
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[04:18.33]And we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea.
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[04:27.44]Where will you be,
[04:29.00]When we cast this net of souls upon the sea?