When the Ship Comes In

When the Ship Comes In - The Pogues

Oh the time will come up

When the winds will stop

And the breeze will cease to be breathing

Like the stillness in the wind

Fore the hurricane begins

The hour when the ship comes in

Oh the seas will split

And the ship will hit

And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking

Then the tide will sound

And the wind will pound

And the morning will be breaking

Oh the fishes will laugh

As they swim out of the path

And the seagulls they'll be smiling

And the rocks on the sand

Will proudly stand

The hour that the ship comes in

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 will be buried at the bottom of the ocean

A song will lift

As the mainsail shifts

And the boat that drifts on to the shore line

And the sun will respect

Every face on the deck

The hour that the ship comes in

Then the sands will roll

Out a carpet of gold

For your weary toes to be a touching

And the ship's wise men

Will remind you once again

That the whole wide world is watching

The foes will rise

With the sleep still in their eyes

Jerk from their beds and think they're still dreaming

But they'll pinch themselves

That it's for real

That the ship comes in

Then they'll raise their hands

Sayin we'll meet all your demands

Shout from the bow your days are numbered

Like pharaoh's tribe

They'll be drownded in the tide

Like goliath they'll be conquered