Bob Dylan's 115Th Dream
Key: GEnglish
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Prélude
I was Griding Con Gthe GMayflower
When I Gthought I spied some land ...
Intro
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Verse
I was Griding on the Mayflower
When I Gthought I spied some land
I Gyelled for Captain Arab
I Ghave yuh understand
Who came Crunning to the deck
Said "CBoys forget the whale
Look Gon over yonder
Cut the Gengines change the sail
DHaul on the bowline"
We Dsang that melody
Like Gall tough sailors do
When they are Gfar away at sea G
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"I Gthink I'll call it America"
I Gsaid as we hit land
I Gtook a deep breath
I fell Gdown I could not stand
CCaptain Arab he started
CWriting up some deeds
He Gsaid "Let's set up a fort
And start Gbuying the place with beads"
DJust then this cop comes down the street
DCrazy as a loon
He Gthrows us all in jail
For Gcarryin' harpoons G
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Ah Gme I busted out
Don't Geven ask me how
I Gwent to get some help
I walked Gby a Guernsey cow
Who Cdirected me down
To the CBowery slums
Where Gpeople carried signs around
GSaying "Ban the bums"
I Djumped right into line
Sayin' "I Dhope that I'm not late"
When I Grealized I hadn't eaten
For Gfive days straight G
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I Gwent into a restaurant
GLookin' for the cook
I Gtold them I was the editor
Of a Gfamous etiquette book
The Cwaitress he was handsome
He wore a Cpowder blue cape
I Gordered some suzette I said
"Could you Gplease make that crepe"
DJust then the whole kitchen exploded
From boilin' Dfat
GFood was flying everywhere
And I Gleft without my hat G
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Now I Gdidn't mean to be nosy
But I Gwent into a bank
To Gget some bail for Arab
And all the Gboys back in the tank
They Casked me for some collateral
And I Cpulled down my pants
They Gthrew me in the alley
When up Gcomes this girl from France
Who Dinvited me to her house
I Dwent but she had a friend
Who Gknocked me out and robbed my boots
And I was Gon the street again G
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Well I Grapped upon a house
With the GU.S. flag upon display
I Gsaid "Could you help me out
I got some Gfriends down the way"
The Cman says "Get out of here
I'll Ctear you limb from limb"
I said "You Gknow they refused Jesus too"
He Gsaid "You're not Him
DGet out of here before I break your bones
I ain't your Dpop"
I Gdecided to have him arrested
And I went Glooking for a cop
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I Gran right outside
And I Ghopped inside a cab
I Gwent out the other door
This GEnglishman said "Fab"
As he Csaw me leap a hot dog stand
And a Cchariot that stood
GParked across from a building
GAdvertising brotherhood
I Dran right through the front door
Like a Dhobo sailor does
But it was Gjust a funeral parlor
And the man Gasked me who I was G
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I Grepeated that my friends
Were all in Gjail with a sigh
He Ggave me his card
He said "GCall me if they die"
I Cshook his hand and said goodbye
Ran Cout to the street
When a Gbowling ball came down the road
And Gknocked me off my feet
A Dpay phone was ringing
It Djust about blew my mind
When I Gpicked it up and said hello
This Gfoot came through the line G
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Well Gby this time I was fed up
At Gtryin' to make a stab
At Gbringin' back any help
For my Gfriends and Captain Arab
I Cdecided to flip a coin
Like Ceither heads or tails
Would Glet me know if I should go
Back to Gship or back to jail
So I Dhocked my sailor suit
And I Dgot a coin to flip
It Gcame up tails it rhymed with sails
So I made it Gback to the ship G
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Well I Ggot back and took
The parkin' Gticket off the mast
I was Gripping it to shreds
When this Gcoastguard boat went past
They Casked me my name
And I Csaid "Captain Kidd"
They Gbelieved me but
They Gwanted to know
What Gexactly that I did
I Dsaid for the Pope of DEruke I was employed
They Glet me go right away
They were Gvery paranoid
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Well the Glast I heard of Arab
He was Gstuck on a whale
That was Gmarried to the deputy
GSheriff of the jail
But the Cfunniest thing was
When I Cwas leavin' the bay
I Gsaw three ships a-sailin'
They were Gall heading my way
I Dasked the captain what his name was
And how come he Ddidn't drive a truck
He said his Gname was Columbus
I Gjust said "Good luck"
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