This song was recorded for the 2013 British film Dom Hemingway, in which the title character (Jude Law) is released from prison after 12 years and goes to track down his long-estranged daughter (Emilia Clarke). He finds her at a London pub singing this song with her band and is reduced to tears by t...
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
Except 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
Crashing headlong into the heartland
Like a cannon in the rain
With the feeling of the sleepers
And the burning of the coal
Counting the towns flashing by
And a night that's full of soul
With light in my head
With you in my arms
(instrumental break)
Well, I know I will be loosened
From the 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 thee in my hands
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 in my arms
Light in my head
You in my arms
You in my arms
Fisherman’s Blues was written by Steve Wickham & Mike Scott (SCO).
Fisherman’s Blues was produced by Tony Gibber.
Emilia Clarke released Fisherman’s Blues on Fri Nov 08 2013.