and the new land was discovered, it cud be Mumbai india too

I was riding on the Mayflower
When I thought I spied some land

I yelled for Captain Arab
I have yuh understand

Who came running to the deck
Said, "Boys, forget the whale
Look on over yonder

Cut the engines
Change the sail

Haul on the bowline"
We sang that melody
Like all tough sailors do

When they are 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 started
Writing up some deeds
He said, "Let's set up a fort
And start buying the place with beads"

Just then this cop comes down the street
Crazy as a loon
He throw us all in jail
For carryin' harpoons

Ah me I busted out
Don't even ask me how
I went to get some help
I walked by a Guernsey cow
Who directed me down
To the Bowery slums
Where people carried signs around
Saying, "Ban the bums"

I jumped right into 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 them I was the editor
Of a famous etiquette book

The waitress he was handsome
He wore a powder blue cape

I ordered some suzette, I said
"Could you please make that crepe"

Just then the whole kitchen exploded
From boilin' fat

Food was flying everywhere
And I left without my hat

Now, I didn't mean to be nosy
But I went into a bank
To get some bail for Arab
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
And robbed my boots

And I was on the street again
Well, I rapped upon a house
With the U.S. flag upon display
I said, "Could you help me out
I got some friends down the way"

The man says, "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

I ran right outside
And I hopped inside a cab
I went out the other door
This Englishman 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

He said, "Call me if they die"
I shook his hand and said goodbye

Ran out to the street
When a bowling ball came down the road
And knocked me off my feet

A pay phone was ringing
It just about blew my mind

When I picked it up and said hello
This foot came through the line

Well, by this time I was fed up
At tryin' to make a stab
At bringin' 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 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 parkin' ticket off the mast
I was ripping it to shreds

When this coastguard 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 Eruke
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 I was leavin' the bay

I saw three ships a-sailin'
They were all heading my way
I asked the captain what his name was
And how come he didn't drive a truck

He said his name was Columbus
I just said, "Good luck."


BOB DYLAN'S 115TH DREAM Words and Music by Bob Dylan1965 Warner Bros. IncRenewed 1993 Special Rider MusicHome -Eternal Circle-Lyrics ListAlbum List