Song Description
A song about the long voyage to America. A voyage with sometimes heartbreaking results when you have to return from where you came...back home.
| Song Length |
4:00 |
Genre |
Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Boats |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Ellis Island
Leslie Christensen (Lyrics & Vocals), Music by Frank Pietrantoni
Ellis Island, island of tears
Heartbreak island, twelve million peers.
Transatlantic voyage, sail across the sea
New York Harbor; Statue of Liberty.
New destination, skylights anew
Stares of separation; eyes betray you.
Ellis Island, island of tears
Heartbreak Island, twelve million peers.
Upper New York Bay; on the east coast
Meeting loved ones there; at the kissing post.
Steamships are awaiting; some of us to go.
Another long voyage; back to their home.
Ellis Island, island of tears
Heartbreak Island, twelve million peers.
Ellis Island, island of tears
Heartbreak Island, twelve million peers.
She came from the homeland at only age fifteen.
Leaving her own land for a land she's never seen.
Ellis Island, island of tears
Heartbreak Island, twelve million peers.
Ellis Island, island of tears
Heartbreak Island, twelve million peers.
Ellis Island, island of tears
Heartbreak Island, twelve million peers.