Silly Wizard – The Fisherman's Song lyrics

By the storm-torn shoreline a woman is standing
The spray strung like jewels in her hair
And the sea tore the rocks near the desolate landing
as though it had known she stood there.

Chorus:
For she has come down to condemn that wild ocean
for the murderous loss of her man,
His boat sailed down on Wednesday morning
And it's feared she's gone down with all hands.

Oh and white were the wave-caps
And wild was their parting
So fierce is the warring of love,
But she prayed to the gods
Both of men and of sailors
Not to cast their cruel nets o'er her love.

Chorus:
Now she has come down to condemn that wild ocean
for the murderous loss of her man,
His boat sailed down on Wednesday morning
And it's feared she's gone down with all hands.

There's a school on the hill
Where the sons of dead fathers
Are led towards tempests and gales,
Where their God-given wings
Are clipped close to their bodies,
And their eyes are bound-round with ships' sails.

Chorus:
And she has come down to condemn that wild ocean
for the murderous loss of her man,
His boat sailed down on Wednesday morning
And it's feared she's gone down with all hands.

but force leads a man
To a life filled with danger
High on seas or a mile underground?
It's when need is his master
And poverty's no stranger,
And there's no other work to be found.

Chorus:
But she has come down to condemn that wild ocean
for the murderous loss of her man,
His boat sailed down on Wednesday morning
And it's feared she's gone down with all hands.