[ti:When The Ship Comes In] [ar:The Pogues] [al:Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say... PogueMahone!!] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]When the Ship Comes In - The Pogues [00:17.08]Oh the time will come up [00:18.85]When the winds will stop [00:20.75]And the breeze will cease to be breathing [00:23.84]Like the stillness in the wind [00:25.71]Fore the hurricane begins [00:27.53]The hour when the ship comes in [00:30.49]Oh the seas will split [00:32.26]And the ship will hit [00:33.87]And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking [00:37.33]Then the tide will sound [00:39.18]And the wind will pound [00:40.76]And the morning will be breaking [00:45.96]Oh the fishes will laugh [00:47.43]As they swim out of the path [00:49.37]And the seagulls they'll be smiling [00:52.73]And the rocks on the sand [00:54.57]Will proudly stand [00:56.05]The hour that the ship comes in [00:59.43]The words that are used [01:00.73]For to get the ship confused [01:02.92]Will not be understood as they're spoken [01:06.06]For the chains of the sea [01:07.66]Will have busted in the night [01:09.57]And will be buried at the bottom of the ocean [01:28.12]A song will lift [01:29.62]As the mainsail shifts [01:31.41]And the boat that drifts on to the shore line [01:34.75]And the sun will respect [01:36.43]Every face on the deck [01:38.20]The hour that the ship comes in [01:41.34]Then the sands will roll [01:42.83]Out a carpet of gold [01:44.74]For your weary toes to be a touching [01:48.07]And the ship's wise men [01:49.87]Will remind you once again [01:51.74]That the whole wide world is watching [02:00.00]The foes will rise [02:01.46]With the sleep still in their eyes [02:03.57]Jerk from their beds and think they're still dreaming [02:06.69]But they'll pinch themselves [02:08.65]That it's for real [02:10.06]That the ship comes in [02:13.36]Then they'll raise their hands [02:14.86]Sayin we'll meet all your demands [02:16.88]Shout from the bow your days are numbered [02:20.07]Like pharaoh's tribe [02:21.45]They'll be drownded in the tide [02:24.30]Like goliath they'll be conquered