Fishermans Blues Songtext

von The Young Dubliners

I wish I was a fisherman / tumbling over the sea
Far away from dry land / and its bitter memories
Casting out my sweet line / with abandonment and love
No ceiling bearing down on me / except the starry skies above

CHORUS
With light in my head / You in my arms.....whoaaaa

I wish I was the brakeman / on a hurtling, fevered train
Crashing headlong into the heartland / like a canon in the rain
The beating of the sleepers / the burning of the coal
Watching towns that flash by me / on a night that full of soul

REPEAT CHORUS

I know I will be loosened / from the bonds that hold me fast
That the chains that hang around me / will fall away at last
On that fine and faithful day / I will take me in my arms
I will ride on that train / I'm gonna be that fisherman

REPEAT CHORUS