@ARTIST: The Waterboys @ALBUM: Fisherman's Blues @YEAR: 1988 @SONG: Fisherman's Blues I wish I was a fisherman tumblin' on the seas far away from dry land and it's bitter memories castin' out my sweet line with abandonment and love no ceiling bearin' down on me save the starry sky above with light in my head with you in my arms... I wish I was the brakeman on a hurtlin fevered train crashin head long into the heartland like a cannon in the rain with the feelin of the sleepers and the burnin of the coal countin the towns flashin by and a night that's full of soul with light in my head with you in my arms... And I know I will be loosened from the bonds that hold me fast and the chains all around me will fall away at last and on that grand and fateful day I will take thee in my hand I will ride on a train I will be the fisherman With light in my head You in my arms... Light in my head You in my arms... Light in my head You... With light in my head You in my arms... @SONG: We will not be lovers You just stepped into the main track climbed down off the fence Words are your weapon lies are your defense 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 @SONG: 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 @SONG: 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!) @SONG: Sweet Thing [ written by Van Morrison ] 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... @SONG: Jimmy Hickey's Waltz [ Instrumental ] @SONG: 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 And 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 And 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 within the year (oh dear) But I send her my love And 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 It started up in Fife It ended up in tears But I send her my love And 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 don't know now where she is Oh, but if I had her here I'd give her my love And a bang on the ear So my woman of the hearth fire Harbor of my soul I watch you lightly sleeping I 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 And a bang on the ear @SONG: Has Anybody Here Seen Hank [ Note: Hank Williams ] 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 @SONG: When Will We Be Married 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 @SONG: 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 lady 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 Your beauty is familiar And your voice is like a key That opens up my soul And torches up a fire inside of me Your coat is made of magic And around your table angels play And I will cry when ye go away I will cry when ye go away Somebody left us whisky And the night is very young I've got some 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 When ye go away... When ye go away. @SONG: Dunford's Fancy [ Instrumental ] @SONG: The Stolen Child [ William Butler Yeats, published in 1889 ] 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 it's 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... @SONG: This Land Is Your Land [ Oiginally by Woody Guthrie ] This land is your land This land is my land from the Aran Island to the Liffey water from the Gouganebarra to the Antrim Highlands This Land was made for you and me