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
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When he was young you'd not find him doing well in school. His mind would turn unto the waters. Always the focus of adolescent ridicule, He has no
You're in the back seat and you say to yourself Okay it doesn't matter anyway It's weeds pulling weeds and your blaming yourself Okay we're all indifferent
Between the darkness and the light As the stars fade out of sight I can hear his shiny boots fall on the sand With a basket at his side And the morning
I dont like gold and I dont like pearls Im just your regular West Australian fishermans daughter Im a middle class folk singing guitar playing girl I
The fisherman are pitchin' pennies In the sand beside the sea The sunrise hits their oilskin boots And their painted boats and me They seem to know the
I laid awake a whole night long Waiting for the sun to beat down on my head In this broken bed I laid awake and dreamt of ships Passing through night
I heard your voice at midnight By the river shore I saw your child sleeping Behind an open door The moon was in the river Shining up from the floor And
(Brooker) The search is over, the battle done The fish is beaten, the angler's won But simple stories make longer tales No consolation if he had
What happened to the fisherman's dream? When they rowed their last boat down What happened to the dream of the fisherman? When they cast their last net
Could you be the one, to make me fall? I am always running, will you follow? Catch me if you dare. Tame me, and I'll never go. And all I ask is that
You can take me away from my sorrow but you can't take away my scars I stand in the middle of the highway playing chicken with the cars It's not that
I had your name In my head with Mrs. on it You had no clue what Mine was but did not care I came looking For the mate of my soul, you were Out looking
Every time that I look in the mirror All these lines on my face gettin' clearer The past is gone It went by like dusk to dawn Isn't that the way Everybody
Can you tell me Why have I come? Why am I in Chicago? I just wanted to kiss the bride, I didn't think I would be seeing you Chorus: And I had to laugh
All is fair in love, Love's a crazy game, Two people vow to stay In love as one they say. But all is changed with time, The fusion none can see, The road
Are you a messenger asleep in my mind? Are you a voice that I've left silent inside Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? I used to talk to you,