Ragtime movie - Journey on lyrics
rate me<br>
[FATHER]<br>
It's an honor to go on an expedition with you, <br>
Admiral Peary. It's men like you who've made this<br>
country great.<br>
<br>
[ADMIRAL PEARY]<br>
It's men like you who'll keep it great.<br>
<br>
[HENSON]<br>
All sails set, Admiral.<br>
<br>
[PEARY]<br>
Thank you, Mr. Henson. This is my First Officer, Mr.<br>
Matthew Henson.<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
Good evening.<br>
<br>
[HENSON]<br>
Welcome aboard.<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
What's that? In the distance? Such a ghostly glow.<br>
<br>
[PEARY]<br>
They're called rag ships. Immigrants from every cesspool<br>
in Western and Eastern Europe. Most of them become very<br>
Patriotic Americans. They're your future customers.<br>
<br>
[HENSON]<br>
My people were also brought here on ships.<br>
<br>
[PEARY]<br>
Good watch, Henson.<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
You're a brave man, whoever you are. Coming so far,<br>
expecting so much.<br>
<br>
A salute to the man<br>
On the deck of that ship!<br>
A salute to the immigrant stranger.<br>
Heaven knows why you's make <br>
Such a terrible trip.<br>
May your own god protect you from danger.<br>
Is it freedom or love<br>
That you pray for<br>
In you guttural accent?<br>
Too late, long gone.<br>
A salute to a fellow<br>
Who hasn't a chance.<br>
Journey on.<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
If people ask, how old are you?<br>
<br>
[LITTLE GIRL]<br>
I don't answer.<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
Your name?<br>
<br>
[LITTLE GIRL]<br>
No name.<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
Where your mother is?<br>
<br>
[LITTLE GIRL]<br>
Dead.<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
This is my father. He speaks fo both of us.<br>
<br>
[LITTLE GIRL]<br>
This is my father. He speaks for both of us.<br>
Is that other ship going back home?<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
No, no. America is our home now.<br>
America is our shtetl.<br>
<br>
[TATEH & LITTLE GIRL]<br>
Amekhaye khlebn.<br>
<br>
[LITTLE GIRL]<br>
Look. Someone is waving. Where is he going?<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
He's a fool on a fool's journey.<br>
<br>
You depart on a ship<br>
From a country like this.<br>
Why on earth would you want to <br>
Be leaving?<br>
was it something you lost<br>
That you suddenly miss?<br>
Are you angry, <br>
Or possibly<br>
Grieving?<br>
Do you see in my face<br>
What you've lost, sir?<br>
Are you moved by the death ship<br>
We sail upon?<br>
Well, perhaps you're a man<br>
Who's in search of his heart.<br>
Journey on.<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
Journey on.<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
Two ships passing<br>
In the kinship<br>
Of the darkness-<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
One going from-<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
One coming to-<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
America<br>
<br>
Two men meeting<br>
At the moment<br>
Of a journey.<br>
For a moment, <br>
In the darkness, <br>
We're the same...<br>
<br>
[MOTHER]<br>
And what of the people<br>
Whose boundaries chafe,<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
I salute you,<br>
My friend<br>
<br>
[MOTHER]<br>
Who marry so bravely<br>
And end up so safe?<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
May you <br>
Find what<br>
You need<br>
<br>
[MOTHER]<br>
I will be journeyin<br>
Here, my love, <br>
As you go<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
As you go<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
As you go<br>
<br>
[MOTHER]<br>
Journeying<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
Journeying<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
Journeying<br>
<br>
[MOTHER]<br>
On the sea.<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
On the sea<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
On the sea.<br>
<br>
[ALL THREE]<br>
We're two ships passing<br>
At a distance,<br>
Through the darkness,<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
One going from...<br>
<br>
[MOTHER & TATEH]<br>
One coming to...<br>
<br>
[ALL THREE]<br>
...America.<br>
<br>
Strangers sharing<br>
The beginnings <br>
Of a journey<br>
<br>
[FATHER]<br>
I salute you!<br>
<br>
[TATEH]<br>
God be with you!<br>
<br>
[MOTHER]<br>
I will miss you...<br>
<br>
[ALL THREE]<br>
In the Darkness<br>
Of the dawn-<br>
Journey on!<br>
<br>
