[ti:When The Ship Comes In] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]When The Ship Comes In - Bob Dylan [00:04.89]Oh the time will come up [00:06.83]When the winds will stop [00:09.27]And the breeze will cease to be breathin' [00:13.94]Like the stillness in the wind [00:16.08]Before the hurricane begins [00:18.75]The hour that the ship comes in [00:23.25]Then the sea will split [00:25.24]And the ships will hit [00:27.93]And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking [00:32.17]Then the tide will sound [00:34.29]And the waves will pound [00:36.66]And the morning will be breaking [00:45.10] [00:47.16]The fishes will laugh [00:49.03]As they swim out of the path [00:51.40]And the seagulls they'll be a-smilin' [00:53.71]And the rocks on the sand [00:58.27]Will proudly stand [01:00.84]The hour that the ship comes in [01:04.90]And the words that are used [01:07.14]For to get the ship confused [01:09.64]Will not be understood as they're spoken [01:13.94]For the chains of the sea [01:16.13]Will have busted in the night [01:18.56]And be buried on the bottom of the ocean [01:26.37] [01:27.94]A song will lift [01:29.61]As the mainsail shifts [01:32.04]And the boat drifts on to the shoreline [01:36.91]And the sun will respect [01:39.09]Every face on the deck [01:41.52]The hour that the ship comes in [01:45.71]Then the sands will roll [01:47.65]Out a carpet of gold [01:49.76]For your weary toes to be a-touchin' [01:53.89]And the ship's wise men [01:56.51]Will remind you once again [01:59.06]That the whole wide world is watchin' [02:08.54]Oh the foes will rise [02:10.41]With the sleep still in their eyes [02:12.85]And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin' [02:17.28]But they'll pinch themselves and squeal [02:19.84]And they'll know that it's for real [02:22.09]The hour that the ship comes in [02:27.27]And they'll raise their hands [02:29.53]Sayin' we'll meet all your demands [02:31.72]But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered [02:36.01]And like Pharaoh's tribe [02:38.15]They'll be drownded in the tide [02:40.36]And like Goliath they'll be conquered