Fisherman's Daughter Lyrics - Daniel Lanois

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 sea