When The Ship Comes In

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Oh the time will come up when the winds will stop
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And the breeze will cease to be breathin'
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Like the stillness in the wind 'fore the hurricane begins
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The hour when the ship comes in.

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And the seas will split and the ship will hit
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And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking
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Then the tide will sound and the waves will pound
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And the morning will be breaking.

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Oh the fishes will laugh as they swim out of the path
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And the seagulls they'll be smiling
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And the rocks on the sand will proudly stand
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The hour that the ship comes in.

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And the words that are used for to get the ship confused
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Will not be understood as they're spoken
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For the chains of the sea will have busted in the night
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And be buried at the bottom of the ocean.

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Oh a song will lift as the mainsail shifts
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And the boat drifts on to the shoreline
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And the sun will respect every face on the deck
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The hour that the ship comes in.

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Then the sands will roll out a carpet of gold
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For your weary toes to be a-touchin'
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And the ship's wise men will remind you once again
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That the whole wide world is watchin'.


Harmonica Break

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Oh the foes will rise with the sleep still in their eyes
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And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'
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But they'll pinch themselves and squeal and they'll know that it's for real
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The hour that the ship comes in.

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Then they'll raise their hands sayin' we'll meet all your demands
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But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered
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And like Pharaoh's tribe they'll be drownded in the tide
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Like Goliath, they'll be conquered.