We played this at my Dads' Service, it was one of his favorite songs.
Lyrics 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 thats 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
