The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (2006 Remaster) Lyrics

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I wish I was a fisherman
Tumblin' on the seas

Far away from dry land

And its bitter memories
Casting out my sweet line
With abandonment and love
No ceiling bearin' down on me

Save the starry sky above
With light in my head

You in my arms
woo
I wish I was the brakeman
On a hurtlin' fevered train

Crashing a-headlong into the heartland
Like a cannon in the rain
With the beating of the sleepers
And the burnin' of the coal

Counting the towns flashing by
In a night that's full of soul

With light in my head
You in my arms
woo
Tomorrow I will be loosened

From bonds that hold me fast
That the chains all hung around me
Will fall away at last
And on that fine and fateful day

I will take thee in my hands
I will ride on the train

I will be the fisherman
With light in my head
You in my arms
woo
Light in my head
You in my arms
Light in my head
You
Light in my head
You in my arms
Light in my head
And woo, woo