Finale

One, two, a-one, two, three, four

Welcome to the friends who have come from away
Welcome to the locals who have always said they'd stay
If you're comin' from Toledo or you're comin' from Taipei
Because we come from everywhere
We all come from away, welcome to the rock

I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander

Welcome to our island with its inlets and it's bays
You could keep on heading east but there's an ocean in the way
Where everything is meant to be but nothing goes as planned
And the drunkest fellas in the room are playin' in the band
Welcome to the Rock

With all the new security, kids aren't even allowed up into the cockpit any more
Of course, on my retirement flight, I brought my whole family into the cockpit
On our way back to Gander
I came back with the scholarship money we raised, now worth over a million dollars
I bring out the Irish whiskey and we have ourselves a toast
Nick and I just couldn't make the long distance relationship work

So I moved to Texas, and then I proposed
And we honeymooned in Newfoundland
My new secretary's name is Robin ("What's up")
Every year on September 11th
I close my office and give each employee $100 to go do random good deeds for strangers
It's my way of remembering what happened

Beulah and I still keep in touch, she even came to visit me in New York
And I'll still phone her if I hear a really stupid joke
"Beulah, why are Newfoundlanders terrible at knock-knock jokes?"
(I dunno, Hannah) well, try it, I'll be a Newfoundlander
(Knock-knock) come on in, the door's open

The donation we are most honoured by just arrived today
It's about four metres long and 1200 kilograms
Newfoundland is the only place outside the United States
Where we share the steel from the World Trade Center

On the northeast tip of North America
On an island called Newfoundland, there's an airport
And next to it is a town called Gander
Tonight we honour what was lost
But we also commemorate what we found

You are here, at the start of a moment
On the edge of the world where the river meets the sea
Here on the edge of the Atlantic
On an island in between there and here

I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander (there and here)
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander, I am an islander (there and here)
I'm an islander, I am an islander
I'm an islander I am an islander

Welcome to the bog, welcome to the trees
A kiss and a cod and whatever's in between
To the ones who've left, you're never truly gone
Our candle's in the window and the kettle's always on
To the coves and the caves and the people from the planes (five days, I9 animals, and 7000 strays)

When the sun is setting and it's darker than the north (I'm an islander, I am an islander)
If you're hopin' for a harbour, then you'll find an open door (I'm an islander, I am an islander)
In the winter from the water to whatever's in the waves (I'm an islander, I am-)
To the ones who have come from away, we say

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Welcome to the rock