Daniel Lanois Fisherman's
Daughter LP
Version 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 Searching for
shelter Stopping at no
harbor I heard the screaming
waters Call sixty sailors'
names Raging words pounding on the
sail Like an angry
whale I felt the iron rudder
skip The smell of seeping
oil The heat of slipping rope
. Failing hands failing
hope Every sailor
asks Asks the question about the
cargo He is
carrying God's anger broke through the
clouds And He spilt the cargo for all to
see The fault of the
sailor The fault of he who asks no
questions About the cargo he is
carrying Fishes and tales and a fisherman's
daughter Walks in the rain she walks to the
water To the
