Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues Lyrics
1.And A Bang On The Ear

Lindsay was my first love she was in my class
I would have loved to take her out but i was too shy to ask
The fullness of my feeling was never made clear
But i send her my love with a bang on the ear

Nora was my girl when i first was in a group
I can still see her to this day, stirring chicken soup
Now she's living in australia working for an auctioneer
But i send her my love with a bang on the ear

Deborah broke my heart and i the willing fool
I fell for her one summer on the road to liverpool
I thought it was forever but it was over in a year (oh dear)
But i give her my love with a bang on the ear

The home i made with bella became a house of pain
We weathered it together bound by a ball and chain
Is started up in fife, and ended up in tears (oh dear)
But i send her my love with a bang on the ear

Krista was a rover from canada she hailed
We crossed swords in san francisco we both lived to tell the
tale
I dont know now where she is oh but if i had her here
I'd give her my love with a bang on the ear

So my woman of the hearthfire, harbour of my soul
I watch you lightly sleeping and sense the dream that does
unfold (like gold)
You to me are treasure, you to me are dear
So i'll give you my love with a bang on the ear


2.Dunford's Fancy

(instrumental)


3.Fisherman's Blues

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
'cept the starry sky above
With light in my head
You in my arms
Woohoo!

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
Woohoo!

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


4.Has Anybody Here Seen Hank

I ain't here for to do any business
(i got nobody special to thank/i'm not looking for glory or
thanks)
I'm trying to find
A friend of mine
Has anybody here seen hank

Well he's sure to be wearing a stetson
He's as long and as thin as a plank
He's got a fistful of charm
And a gun beneath his arm
Has anybody here seen hank

Now he ain't in the back of a limo
And he ain't in his bed
He ain't in jail
He ain't out on bail
He ain't getting out of his head

I don't care what he did with his women
I don't care what he did when he drank
I want to hear just one note
From his lonesome old throat
Has anybody here seen hank

Has anybody here, has anybody here
Has anybody here seen hank


5.Strange Boat

We're sailing on a strange boat
Heading for a strange shore
We're sailing on a strange boat
Heading for a strange shore
Carrying the strangest cargo
That was ever hauled aboard

We're sailing on a strange sea
Blown by a strange wind
We're sailing on a strange sea
Blown by a strange wind
Carrying the strangest crew
That ever sinned

We're riding in a strange car
We're followin' a strange star
We're climbing on the strangest ladder
That was ever there to climb

We're living in a strange time
Working for a strange goal
We're living in a strange time
Working for a strange goal
We're turning flesh and body
Into soul


6.Sweet Thing

(van morrison, john lennon)

And i will stroll the merry way and jump the hedges first
And i will drink the clear clean water for to quench my thirst
And i shall watch the ferry-boats and they'll get high
On a blue ocean, against tomorrow's sky

And i will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain
And i will never grow so old again
Oh sweet thing, sweet thing
My, my, my, my, my sweet thing

And i will stroll the merry ways and jump the hedges first
And i will drink the clear clean water for to quench my thirst
And i shall watch the ferry-boats and they'll get high
On a blue ocean against tomorrow's sky

And i will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain
And never ever ever ever ever get so old again

Ooh...
Sweet thing
My my my...

And i shall drive my chariot down your streets and cry
'hey, it's me! i'm dynamite and i don't know why'
And you shall take me warm in your arms again
And i will not remember that i ever felt the pain

And i will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain
And never ever ever ever ever get so old again

Ooh
Sweet thing
Yeah yeah yeah...
Sweet thing
My my my...

And i will raise my hand up into the night time sky
And count the stars there shining in your eyes
Just to dig it all an' not to wonder, that's just fine
And i'll be satisfied not to read in between the lines

And i will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain
And never ever ever ever ever get so old again

Sugar-baby with your champagne eyes
And your saint-like smile....

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take this broken wing and learn to fly
All your life you were just waiting for this moment to arrive
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take your sunken eyes, learn to see
All your life you were only waiting for this moment to be
free...


7.The Stolen Child

(wb yeats)

Come away, human child
To the water
Come away, human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

Where dips the rocky highland
Of sleuth wood in the lake
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water rats;
There we've hid our faery vats
Full of berries
And of reddest stolen cherries

Come away, human child
To the water
Come away, human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim gray sands with light
Far off by furthest rosses
We foot it all the night
Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight;
To and fro we leap
And chase the frothy bubbles
While the world is full of troubles
And is anxious in its sleep

Come away, human child
To the water
Come away, human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand

Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above glen-car
In pools among the rushes
The scarce could bathe a star
We seek for slumbering trout
And whispering in their ears
We give them unquiet dreams;
Leaning softly out
From ferns that drop their tears
Over the young streams

Away with us he's going
The solemn-eyed:
He'll hear no more the lowing
Of the calves on the warm hillside;
Or the kettle on the hob
Sing peace into his breast
Or see the brown mice bob
Around and around the oatmeal-chest

For he comes, the human child
To the water
He comes, the human child
To the water and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand
From a world more full of weeping than he can understand
Human child
Human child
With a faery, hand in hand
From a world more full of weeping than he can understand...
Than he can understand...
He can understand...


8.We Will Not Be Lovers

You just stepped into the maintrack
Climbed down off the fence
Words are your weapon
Lies are your defence
I know what you want
And i see what you see
You're looking for somebody
But he isn't me
Find yourself another
Because we will not be lovers

How your eyes are like tortures
And your presence is bliss
I never knew time
Could speed and zip like this
The touch of your flesh
Is tough to resist
Planets collide, collide
At the smack of your kiss
But you can kiss your brother
Because we will not be lovers

Now you're pulling down curtains
You've been sparking old flames
You've been causing disturbance
Crying for shame
You've been knocking on doors
You've been abusing my name
You've been casting up doubt
You've been throwing your blame
But you can throw it at your mother
We will not be lovers

Now the world's full of trouble
Everybody's scared
The landlords are frowning
Cupboards are bare
People are scrambling
Like dogs for a share
It's cruel and its hard
But it nothing compared to
What we do to each other
To each other

We will not be lovers!
We will not be lovers, no
We will not be lovers, no


9.When Will We Be Married

(traditional)

When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
When will we be
Bedded in the same bed
When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
When will we be
Bedded in the same bed

You have your eye on jimmy
Long jimmy lee
You have your eye on jimmy
Anda fine man he
You have your eye on jimmy
But you'd better let him be
Because when you go, molly-o
You'll be gone with me

When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
When will we be
Bedded in the same bed
When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
When will we be
Bedded in the same bed

You have your eye on johnny
Thin johnny fee
You have your eye on johnny
And a fine man he
You have your eye on johnny
But you'd better let him be
Because when you go, molly-o
You'll be gone with me

When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
When will we be
Bedded in the same bed
When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
When will we be
Bedded in the same bed

I made a black bow
For your pretty head
When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
I made a black bow
For your bonny head

When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
When will we be
Bedded in the same bed
When will we be married molly
When will we be wed
When will we be
Bedded in the same bed


10.When Ye Go Away

Now he's brought down the rain
And the indian summer is through
(in the morning you'll be following your trail again
Fair play to you

You'll be leaving, pretty darling, in the morning-time
If i know you)
You ain't calling me to join you
And i'm spoken for anyway
(but i will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

But you'll be killing my heart when ye go away
You'll be killing my heart when ye go away)

(your beauty is familiar
And your voice is like a key

Your beauty is a legend
And your voice is like a melody)
(that opens up my soul

That plays upon my soul)
And torches up a fire inside of me
(your coat is made of magic
And around your table angels play

Your shoes are made of magic
And your footstep is the break of day

I must have known you in another life
In another age)
I will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

(river road reel)

Somebody/el torro/mike rogers left their whisky
And the night is very young
I've got some/much to say and more to tell
And the words will soon be spilling from my tongue
I will rave and i will ramble
I'll do everything but make you stay
Then i will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

(river road reel)

When ye go away...
When ye go away...


11.World Party

Well it's got nothing to do with anything that is real
You just believe in it and it's true
You can sooth like an angel or sigh like a saint
You can dream it and see it through
You will live to see a sea of lights
Sparking on the face of a pearl
Climb your own peak
Find a new streak

Get yourself along to the world party (party!)

Now you've been building for yourself a cool place in the sand
You're thinking that it's mighty fine
You've got dust in your eyeballs, you got mud in your mouth
But it's your head, it ain't mine
I've got a madman of my own to contend with
Cursing in the cave of my skull
Turn the other cheek
Find a new streak

Get yourself along to the world party (party!)

Well i heard a rumour of a golden age
Somewhere back along the line
Maybe i dreamed it in a whisper or
Heard it in a spell
It was something to do with the sign of the times
And the only thing that i remember
Is a summer like a pretty girl
Who shimmers and shines
Moving in time
Shaking to the beat of the heart of the world

Party (party! party! party! party! party! party! party! party!
party!)