FISHERMAN'S BLUES

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I wish I was a fisherman, tumbling on 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 save the starry sky above.

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With a light in my head, and you in my arms........

I wish I was the brakeman on a hurtlin', fevered train,

Rushing headlong into the heartland like a cannon in the rain.

With the beating of the sleepers and the burning of the coal.

Count the towns flashing by in a night that's full of soul.

Ch.

In know I shall be loosened from the 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 upon that train, I will be that fisherman.

Ch.