When Last I Was a Fisherman

Lyrics

[Verse 1] When last I was a fisherman Now that was sweet, that was sweet 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] Oh, 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 And I'd see it as a sign to me That she was still my mistress And just teasing me for love [Chorus] 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 [Verse 5] When last I was a fisherman I lay awake one night Her cooing and raving nearby (Yeah, yeah) 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 I knew she was coming I could feel her coming And I waited and I waited And I waited and I waited And I waited and I waited And I waited [Pre-Chorus] 'Til I, I raised my voice unto the night And only heard, I only heard I only heard a baby, a, a baby, a baby-by A baby, a baby's, a baby's cry Oh, oh oh Oh, oh oh [Chorus] 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 [Outro] This is a song from "The Crow"