Jane Siberry When Last I Was A Fisherman Lyrics

When Last I Was A Fisherman Lyrics

When last I was a fisherman

I'd watch the storms rise up from the
sea

And see it as a sign to me

That the sea was still my
mistress

And teasing me for love



When last I was a
fisherman

I'd watch the whale-fish blow

And rise up from the darkest
deep real slow

And see it as a sign to me

That she was still my
mistress

And teasing me for love



I never knew why she loved
me

I never tried for her favour

I wouldn't have known how

I
wouldn't have known how

And I didn't have the know-how

To heel and toe
her, heel and toe her

I only knew that she was my mistress

And teasing
me for love



When last I was a fisherman

I lay along the sea
wall

My body pressed against

The blue of her occupation
elsewhere

She was busy with the other boats

But I knew she'd turn her
belly back to me

When she was free



When last I was a
fisherman

I'd stand against the sea

My skiff adrift in ecstasy

The
mast a-singing, the salt a-stinging

I'd see it as a sign to me

That she
was still my mistress

And just teasing me for love



I never knew why
she loved me...



When last I was a fisherman

I lay awake one
night

Her cooing and raving nearby

And I waited in youthful
eagerness

For the dawn's first hint of light

For my mistress to
come

For she to come to me

I knew she was coming

I could feel her
coming

And I waited and I waited

And I waited and I waited...

'Til
I raised my voice unto the night

And only heard a baby's cry



I
never knew why she loved me...