Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

I was riding on the Mayflower
 When I thought I spied some land
 Start again
 Wait a minute now man
 Okay, take 2
 I was riding on the Mayflower
 When I thought I spied some land
 I yelled for Captain Arab, I have you understand
 Who came a-running to the deck
 Said, "Boys, forget the whale
 Where goin' over yonder, cut the engines, change the sails"
 "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 buyin' the place with beads"
 Just then this cop comes down the street
 Crazy as a loon
 He throws 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, sayin', "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 flyin' everywhere, 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
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 I ran right outside, 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
 and 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 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 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"