When the Ship Comes In

Oh the time will come up

When the wind will stop

And the breeze will cease

To be breathin'

Like the stillness in the wind

'Fore the hurricane begins

The hour that the ship comes in

Oh the seas will split

And the ship will hit

And the sand on the shoreline

Will be shakin'

And the tide will sound

And the waves will pound

And the mornin' will be breakin'

Oh the fishes will laugh

As they swim out of the path

And the seagulls, they'll be smilin'

And the rocks on the sand

Will proudly stand

The hour that the ship comes in

And the words that are used for

To get the ship confused

Will not be understood

As they're spoken

For the chains of the sea

Will have busted in the night

And be buried

On the bottom of the ocean

Oh a song will lift

As the mainsail shifts

And the boat drifts

Onto the shoreline

And the sun will respect

Every face on the deck

The hour that the ship comes in

And the sands will roll out

A carpet of gold

For your weary toes

To be a touchin'

And the ship's wise men

Will remind you once again

That the whole wide world is watchin'

Oh the foes will rise with the sleep

Still in their eyes

And they'll jerk from their beds

And think they're dreamin'

But they'll pinch themselves and squeal

And they'll know that it's for real

The hour that the ship comes in

And they'll raise their hands sayin'

"We'll meet all your demands"[1]

But we'll shout from the bow

Your days are numbered"

And like Pharaoh's tribe

They'll be drownded in the tide

And like Goliath they'll be conquered