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Sting Performs Live: "What Have We Got?" from The Last Ship

Sting performs "What Have We Got?" from "The Last Ship," live at the Public Theater with actor Jimmy Nail. The lyrics to the first stanza of the song are "Good people give ear to me story, Pay attention, and none of your lip, For I've brought you five lads and their daddy, Intending to build ye's a ship." Great Performances' "Sting: The Last Ship" airs Friday, February 21, 2014, at 9 pm on PBS.

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