Journey On Lyrics

Father:
It's a privilege to go on expedition with you, Admiral Peary. It's men like you who've made this country great. What's that? In the distance?Such a ghostly glow.

Admiral Peary:
They're called rag ships. Immigrants, from every cesspool in western and eastern Europe.

Father:
They're brave people, whoever they 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'D MAKE
SUCH A TERRIBLE TRIP.
MAY YOUR OWN GOD PROTECT YOU FROM DANGER.
IS IT FREEDOM OR LOVE
THAT YOU PRAY FOR
IN YOUR GUTTURAL ACCENT?
TOO LATE, LONG GONE.
A SALUTE TO A FELLOW
WHO HASN'T A CHANCE.
JOURNEY ON.

The Little Girl:
Is that other ship going back home?

Tateh:
No! America is home now. We will never go back there.

The Little Girl:
Look! Someone is waving! Where is he going?

Tateh:
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.

Father:
JOURNEY ON.

Both:
TWO SHIPS PASSING
IN THE KINSHIP
OF THE DARKNESS-

Father:
ONE GOING FROM...

Tateh:
ONE COMING TO...

Both:
AMERICA.

TWO MEN MEETING
AT THE MOMENT
OF A JOURNEY.
FOR A MOMENT,
IN THE DARKNESS,
WE'RE THE SAME...

Mother: (simultaneously with Father and Tateh)
AND WHAT OF THE PEOPLE
WHO'S BOUNDARIES CHAFE,
WHO MARRY SO BRAVELY
AND END UP SO SAFE?

I WILL BE JOURNEYING
HERE, MY LOVE,
AS YOU GO
JOURNEYING
ON THE SEA.

Father: (simultaneously with Mother and Tateh)
I SALUTE YOU,
MY FRIEND
AS YOU GO
JOURNEYING
ON THE SEA.

Tateh: (simultaneously with Mother and Father)
MAY YOU FIND
WHAT YOU NEED
AS YOU GO 
JOURNEYING
ON THE SEA.

All Three:
WE'RE TWO SHIPS PASSING
AT A DISTANCE
THROUGH THE DARKNESS,

Father:
ONE GOING FROM

Mother and Tateh:
ONE COMING TO

All Three:
AMERICA.

STRANGERS SHARING
THE BEGINNINGS
OF A JOURNEY

Father:
I SALUTE YOU

Tateh:
GOD BE WITH YOU

Mother:
I WILL MISS YOU

All Three:
IN THE DARKNESS
OF THE DAWN...
JOURNEY ON!