A5 G5 F5 C5 A5 G5 F5 C5 A5 G5 F5 C5 I was driving down Ninth Avenue A5 G5 F5 C5 As the sky was getting dark A5 G5 F5 C5 Didn't have nothin' else to do A5 G5 F5 C5 So I kept on riding to Battery Park A5 G5 F5 C5 I stepped out in the damp and misty night A5 G5 F5 C5 As the fog was rollin' in A5 G5 F5 C5 Man said, "Last boat leaving tonight A5 G5 F5 C5 Is the boat for Ellis Island A5 G5 F5 C5 A5 G5 F5 C5 A5 G5 F5 C5 As my feet touched solid ground, A5 G5 F5 C5 I felt a chill run down my spine A5 G5 F5 C5 I could almost hear the sound A5 G5 F5 C5 Of thousands pushing through the lines A5 G5 F5 C5 Mothers and bewildered wives A5 G5 F5 C5 That sailed across the raging sea A5 G5 F5 C5 Others runnin' for their lives A5 G5 F5 C5 To the land of opportunity A5 G5 F5 C5 Oh down on Ellis Island Bb5 F5 What is this strange paradise A5 F5 They must've wondered through the cries and moans Bb5 F5 After all they sacrificed, G5 Bb5 A5 F5 C5 Their faith, their families, friends and homes A5 G5 F5 C5 Then on the separation stairs A5 G5 F5 C5 They were counted out, or counted in A5 G5 F5 C5 Frozen while the inspector stared A5 G5 F5 C5 Down on Ellis Island A5 G5 F5 C5 Oh down on Ellis Island Bb5 F5 A5 F5 Who-o-oh yea-a-ah Bb5 F5 A5 F5 C5 A5 G5 F5 C5 Now me I only stumbled in A5 G5 F5 C5 Just to wander around that empty hall A5 G5 F5 C5 Where someone else's fate had been A5 G5 F5 C5 Decided in no time at all A5 G5 F5 C5 Cases filled with hats and clothes A5 G5 F5 C5 And the belongings of those who journeyed far A5 G5 F5 C5 They're strange reminders I suppose A5 G5 F5 C5 Of where we're from and who we are A5 G5 F5 C5 But as the boat pulled off the shore A5 G5 F5 C5 I could see the fog was lifting A5 G5 F5 C5 And lights I'd never seen before A5 G5 F5 C5 Were shining down on Ellis Island A5 G5 F5 C5 Shining down on Ellis Island A5 G5 F5 C5 A5 G5 F5 C5 Atlantic Records 1997 Museum Steps Music(ASCAP)
