Rob Mathes - Show Some Respect (Broadway Version) lyrics

[PEGGY] Show some respect on this deck for the dear departed Gather ye's round, let's be bound by the work he started Save all your strength for the length of the task before us Think on that ship on the slipway they can't ignore us It's what he would have wanted, he'll not be disappointed Each of us well appointed, we've all but been anointed Such was our occupation, this means of our salvation We'll make a rope out of our dreams and hopes and tribulations [PEGGY & GIDEON] We'll weave these strands together, we'll splice a rope and tether And though we won't know whether, it's fair or stormy weather We'll quit this quay, and we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea [PEGGY](spoken) Oh Christ! [JACKIE](spoken) Go on Peggy! [PEGGY](sung) Come strike the floor With your feet All you lads and la**es And if you're too old to dance you can raise your gla**es Just come on in Take a spin, in your dreams you've held her What are ye? Man, or a mouse [ENSEMBLE] (oooo) (ahhh) [JACKIE](spoken) Oh, get them up! [ENSEMBLE] (oooo) (ahhh) (oooo) [PEGGY, JACKIE, GIDEON, BILLY & DAVY] Or a shipyard welder? [COMPANY] Shy bairns get now't for waiting, so why ye hesitating? Ships don't get built debating, or launched just contemplating Wear out your old shoe leather, we're in this dance together We'll pull the blades and feather, in foul or clement weather Each one of us connected, all trades and sk**s respected Always to be expected, we will not be deflected We'll quit this quay and we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea [WOMEN] Da da da da da da da da da da da da da... [MEN] Da da da da da da da da da da da da da... [WOMEN] Da da da da da da da da da da da da da... [MEN] Da da da da da da da da da da da da da... [WOMEN] Da da da da da da da... [MEN] Da da da da da da da... [WOMEN] Da da da da da da da... [MEN] Da da da da da da da... [COMPANY] Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah... [GIDEON] (to Meg) Life is a dance, a romance, where ye take your chances Just don't be left on the shores of regretful glances [COMPANY] Show some respect, fill the deck, get the la**ies twirling Cos they expect to be swept off their feet and whirling Life is a dance, a romance, where ye take your chances Just don't be left on the shores of regretful glances We may not drive Rolls Royces, we're hardly spoilt for choices If we're to pay invoices, we'll need to raise our voices Our strength is in communion, this boilermaker's union This shipwright welder's guild, with every working station filled These bonds we've spliced together, we'll face all kinds of weather Considered altogether, and sailing hell for leather We'll quit this quay, and we'll cast this net of souls upon the sea [PEGGY] Where will you be, when we cast this net of souls upon the sea? [COMPANY] Where will you be when we cast this net of souls upon the sea? [PEGGY & JACKIE] Show some respect on this deck for the dear departed Gather ye's round let's be bound... [ENSEMBLE] Upon the sea Upon the sea [PEGGY, JACKIE, & COMPANY] Upon the sea.......ya!