The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,
They blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts
They never drank water but whiskey by pints
And the shanty towns rang with their songs and their fights.
Navigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight
Yes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.
They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark where
Save the brass in the pocket of the entrepreneur.
By landslide and rockblast they got buried so deep
That in death if not life they'll have peace while they sleep.
Navigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight
Yes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.
Their mark on this land is still seen and still laid
The way for a commerce where vast fortunes were made
The supply of an Empire where the sun never set
Which is now deep in darkness, but the railway's there yet.
Navigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
The morning is here and there's work to be done.
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight
Yes to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.AS TIME GOES BY.
YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS
A KISS IS JUST A KISS
A SIGH IS JUST A SIGH
THE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS APPLY
AS TIME GOES BY
AND WHEN TWO LOVERS WOO
THEY STILL SAY I LOVE YOU
ON THAT YOU CAN RELY
NO MATTER WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS
AS TIME GOES BY
MOONLIGHT AND LOVE SONGS
NEVER OUT OF DATE
HEARTS FULL OF PASSION
JEALOUSY AND HATE
WOMAN NEEDS MAN
AND MAN MUST HAVE HIS MATE
THAT...NO ONE CAN DENY
IT'S STILL THE SAME OLD STORY
A FIGHT FOR LOVE AND GLORY
A CASE OF DO OR DIE
THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS WELCOME LOVERS
AS TIME GOES BY.