Barbara Dickson - When the Ship Comes In lyrics

Oh the time will come up when the winds will stop And the breeze will cease to be breathing Like the stillness in the air before the hurricane begins The hour that the ship comes in And the sea will split and the ships will hit And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking And the tide will sound and the waves will pound And the morning will be a-breaking 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 ships come in And the words that are use 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 be buried on the bottom of the ocean A song will lift as the mainsail shifts And the boat drifts onto the shoreline And the sun will respect every face on the deck The hour that the ship comes in And 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 Oh the foes will rise with the sleep still in their eyes And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreaming But they'll pinch themselves and squeal And they'll know that it's for real The hour that the ship comes in And they'll raise their hands saying we'll meet all your demands But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered And like Pharaoh's tribe they'll be drowned in the tide And like Goliath they'll be conquered