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"Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Take 2)" is a track by Bob Dylan, from the album The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge (Deluxe Ediiton), released 6th November 2015. Full lyrics are available below.
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I was riding on the mayflower when I thought I spied some land I yelled down to captain arab, I'll have ya understand Who came running to the deck and said boys forget the whale We're goin' over yonder. cut the engines. change the sails Haul on that bowline we sang that melody Like all tough sailors do when they're far away at sea I think I'll call it america. I said as we hit land I took a deep breath. I fell down, I could not stand Captain arab he starting writing out some deeds He said let's build us a fort and start buying the place with beads Just then a cop come down the street crazy as a loon They throws us all in jail for carryin' harpoons Aw, me, I busted out don't even ask me how I went lookin' for some help, I walked past a guernsey cow Who directed me down to the bowery slums Where people carried signs around sayin' ban the bums I jumped right in line, sayin' I hope that I'm not late When I realized I hadn't eaten for five days straight I went into a restaurant lookin' for the cook I told him I was the editor of a famous etiquette book The waitress he was handsome and he wore a powder blue cape I ordered up some suzette, I said could you please make that crepe Just then the whole kitchen exploded from boiling fat Food was flyin' everywhere I left without my hat I didn't mean to be nosy but I went into a bank To get some bail for arab the boys and all the boys back in the tank They asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants They threw me in the alley, when up comes this girl from France Who invited me to her house. I went, but she had a friend Who knocked me out an' robbed my boots an' was I on the street again Then I rapped upon a house with a U.S. flag upon display I said could you help me out, I got some friends down the way The man said get out of here I'll tear you limb from limb I said you know, they refused Jesus, too. he said you're not him Get out of here before I break your bones. I ain't your pop I decided to have him arrested and I went looking for a cop Well, I ran right outside and hopped inside a cab I went out the other door, this English man said fab As he saw me leap a hot dog stand and a chariot that stood Parked across from a building advertising brotherhood I ran right through the front door like a hobo sailor does But it was just a funeral parlor and the man asked me who I was I repeated that my friends were all in jail with a sigh He gave me his card and said call me if they die I shook his hand and said goodbye and ran out to the street When a bowling ball came down the road and knocked me off my feet A pay phone was ringing and it just about blew my mind When I picked it up an' said hello a foot came through the line By this time I was fed up at trying to make a stab At bringing back any help for my friends and Captain Arab I decided to flip a coin like either heads or tails Would let me know if I should go back to ship or back to jail So I hocked my sailor's suit and I got a coin to flip It came up tails, it rhymed with sails, so I made it back to the ship Well I got back and took the parking ticket off the mast I was ripping it to shreds when this Coast Guard boat went past They asked me my name and I said Captain Kidd They believed me but they wanted to know what exactly that I did I said for the pope of eyruke I was employed They let me go right away; they were very paranoid Well the last I heard of Arab he was stuck on a whale That was married to the deputy sheriff of the jail But the funniest thing was when was leavin' the bay I saw three ships sailing and they were all coming my way I asked the captain what his name was an' how come he didn't drive a truck He said his name was Columbus, and I just said good luck
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