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The Waterboys
Fisherman's Blues
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Rock
Fisherman's Blues was released on April 29, 1991 by Chrysalis Records as a part of the album The Best of the Waterboys (1981 - 1990)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Waterboys
The Waterboys
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Steve Wickham
Steve Wickham
Composer
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dick Beetham
Dick Beetham
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

Ooh
I wish I was a fisherman
Tumblin' on the seas
Far away from dry land
And it's bitter memories
Casting out my sweet line
With abandonment and love
No ceiling bearin' down on me
'Cept 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
Well I know 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 me in my hands
I will ride on the train
I will be the fisherman
With light in my head
You in my arms
Woo-hoo-ooh
Woo-hoo
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
Listen, woo-hoo
Woo-hoo
Written by: Mike Scott, Steve Wickham

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