The Last Ones Will Be The First After All Lyrics - Dan Mccafferty

We've been a hundred men and now we are ten 

On this rotten boat 

Ninety dreams we've buried in the sand 

Not one of them comes back again 

And all we needed was a piece of land 

A handful of sand in nowhere-land 

We were young we were brave we were bold 

Our visions come to an end 

One thousond days have made us grow old 

And the wind's still blowing mighty cold 

And all we needed was a piece of land 

A handful of sand in nowhere-land 

All we needed was a piece of land 

A handful of sand in nowhere-land 

All that's left is so small so small 

But the last ones will be 

The first after all 

Reprise 

So let's make sail the tide is right 

The winds are blowing strong 

Say farewell to dreams that died 

The way back home is long 

No more headin' for south america 

No more headin' for an island 

'cause someone else was there before 

And killed the land from shore to shore . 

And if we don't hurry, boys 

We'll soon find out the end of the story...