Sting — So to Speak Broadway Cast Version

Father O'Brien: They're seriously saying it's prolonging me life If I'll only submit to the surgical knife? But what are the odds of a month or a week? When the betting shop's closing its doors, so to speak When you're laid like a piece of old meat on the slab And they'll cut and they'll slice, and they'll poke and they'll jab And they'll grill ye and burn ye, and they'll wish ye good health With their radium, chemo and God knows what else? You can't fault the science, though the logic is wеak Is it really an eternal lifе we should seek? That ship has sailed, that ship has sailed That ship has already sailed, so to speak You must finish the work, son Gideon: Ah we're trying, father Father O'Brien: I don't mean the men. I mean you. You came home for a reason. Now get to it Finish the labour son, finish this task You'll find absolution if you do as I ask Remember your father, look after your son He's the bridge to the future, when all's said and done Gideon: I came home for a reason that I couldn't see It was easier fighting the storms out at sea Yet I'm tied to the wheelhouse til I put this right The ship of my heart wasn't built for this fight Both: But when the ship sails and the course has been set And the wind's in the offing and sails have been let The hatches are full and the hull doesn't leak And the ship is all ready to sail so to speak Father O'Brien: I'm tired and fading and losing the light No way to tell if it's day or it's night Follow your heart, it's the harbor you seek And this ship is ready to sail This ship is ready to sail This ship is ready to sail So to speak