Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

Song Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
Artist Bob Dylan
Album The Complete Album Collection Vol.1

Lyrics

[00:04.61] I was riding on the Mayflower
[00:06.98] When I thought I spied some land
[00:31.27] I yelled for Captain Arab
[00:33.31] I have yuh understand
[00:35.36] Who came running to the deck
[00:37.46] Said, "Boys, forget the whale
[00:40.05] Look on over yonder
[00:41.81] Cut the engines
[00:43.33] Change the sail
[00:45.12] Haul on the bowline"
[00:47.22] We sang that melody
[00:49.14] Like all tough sailors do
[00:51.23] When they are far away at sea
[00:53.45]
[00:58.11] "I think I'll call it America"
[01:00.36] I said as we hit land
[01:02.57] I took a deep breath
[01:04.69] I fell down, I could not stand
[01:07.36] Captain Arab he started
[01:09.70] Writing up some deeds
[01:11.83] He said, "Let's set up a fort
[01:14.05] And start buying the place with beads"
[01:16.42] Just then this cop comes down the street
[01:19.06] Crazy as a loon
[01:20.83] He throw us all in jail
[01:23.40] For carryin' harpoons
[01:25.57]
[01:29.69] Ah me I busted out
[01:32.09] Don't even ask me how
[01:34.37] I went to get some help
[01:36.62] I walked by a Guernsey cow
[01:38.90] Who directed me down
[01:40.92] To the Bowery slums
[01:43.32] Where people carried signs around
[01:46.06] Saying, "Ban the bums"
[01:48.05] I jumped right into line
[01:50.10] Sayin', "I hope that I'm not late"
[01:52.57] When I realized I hadn't eaten
[01:54.58] For five days straight
[01:57.04]
[02:01.76] I went into a restaurant
[02:03.84] Lookin' for the cook
[02:06.28] I told them I was the editor
[02:08.58] Of a famous etiquette book
[02:10.94] The waitress he was handsome
[02:13.02] He wore a powder blue cape
[02:15.47] I ordered some suzette, I said
[02:17.68] "Could you please make that crepe"
[02:20.17] Just then the whole kitchen exploded
[02:23.10] From boilin' fat
[02:24.52] Food was flying everywhere
[02:26.86] And I left without my hat
[02:28.72]
[02:33.45] Now, I didn't mean to be nosy
[02:35.48] But I went into a bank
[02:37.94] To get some bail for Arab
[02:40.22] And all the boys back in the tank
[02:42.71] They asked me for some collateral
[02:44.75] And I pulled down my pants
[02:47.15] They threw me in the alley
[02:49.14] When up comes this girl from France
[02:51.73] Who invited me to her house
[02:53.98] I went, but she had a friend
[02:56.24] Who knocked me out
[02:57.63] And robbed my boots
[02:58.59] And I was on the street again
[03:00.46]
[03:05.40] Well, I rapped upon a house
[03:07.33] With the U.S. flag upon display
[03:09.78] I said, "Could you help me out
[03:12.03] I got some friends down the way"
[03:14.43] The man says, "Get out of here
[03:16.61] I'll tear you limb from limb"
[03:18.83] I said, "You know they refused Jesus, too"
[03:21.17] He said, "You're not Him
[03:23.93] Get out of here before I break your bones
[03:26.61] I ain't your pop"
[03:28.08] I decided to have him arrested
[03:30.26] And I went looking for a cop
[03:32.13]
[03:41.55] I ran right outside
[03:43.84] And I hopped inside a cab
[03:46.08] I went out the other door
[03:48.39] This Englishman said, "Fab"
[03:50.69] As he saw me leap a hot dog stand
[03:53.25] And a chariot that stood
[03:55.37] Parked across from a building
[03:57.49] Advertising brotherhood
[04:00.04] I ran right through the front door
[04:02.04] Like a hobo sailor does
[04:04.28] But it was just a funeral parlor
[04:06.48] And the man asked me who I was
[04:08.79]
[04:13.59] I repeated that my friends
[04:15.49] Were all in jail, with a sigh
[04:17.89] He gave me his card
[04:20.23] He said, "Call me if they die"
[04:22.56] I shook his hand and said goodbye
[04:25.09] Ran out to the street
[04:27.03] When a bowling ball came down the road
[04:29.45] And knocked me off my feet
[04:31.61] A pay phone was ringing
[04:33.85] It just about blew my mind
[04:36.10] When I picked it up and said hello
[04:38.42] This foot came through the line
[04:40.41]
[04:47.67] Well, by this time I was fed up
[04:49.79] At tryin' to make a stab
[04:52.05] At bringin' back any help
[04:54.27] For my friends and Captain Arab
[04:56.65] I decided to flip a coin
[04:58.60] Like either heads or tails
[05:01.22] Would let me know if I should go
[05:03.69] Back to ship or back to jail
[05:05.98] So I hocked my sailor suit
[05:08.13] And I got a coin to flip
[05:10.40] It came up tails
[05:11.98] It rhymed with sails
[05:12.80] So I made it back to the ship
[05:14.84]
[05:19.28] Well, I got back and took
[05:21.48] The parkin' ticket off the mast
[05:23.66] I was ripping it to shreds
[05:25.82] When this coastguard boat went past
[05:28.20] They asked me my name
[05:30.40] And I said, "Captain Kidd"
[05:32.85] They believed me but
[05:34.05] They wanted to know
[05:35.16] What exactly that I did
[05:37.29] I said for the Pope of Eruke
[05:40.26] I was employed
[05:41.96] They let me go right away
[05:44.27] They were very paranoid
[05:46.22]
[05:51.64] Well, the last I heard of Arab
[05:54.16] He was stuck on a whale
[05:56.57] That was married to the deputy
[05:58.96] Sheriff of the jail
[06:01.17] But the funniest thing was
[06:03.49] When I was leavin' the bay
[06:05.65] I saw three ships a-sailin'
[06:07.94] They were all heading my way
[06:10.52] I asked the captain what his name was
[06:12.66] And how come he didn't drive a truck
[06:14.83] He said his name was Columbus
[06:17.27] I just said, "Good luck."
[06:19.45]
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