"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -- unknown

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - Albert Einstein

The Fisherman
January 12, 2007 - 11:02 am

Not that I like all this history, but at one point or another.. at one level or another, everything here was worth typing out to me.

MusicMatch queued up John the Fisherman from Primus today.. not all that famous or special of a song.. save for one little known fact. In my high school year book everyone was supposed to pick a song to be their theme song.

I shudder to think how many girls picked "Brown Eyed Girl" and the like.

What probably makes others shudder even more is that my song was indeed John the Fisherman. Oddly, I've never much cared for fishing.

When he was young youd not find him doing well in school,
His mind would turn unto the waters.
Always the focus of adolescent ridicule,
He has no time for farmers daughters.
Alienated from the clique society,
A lonely boy finds peace in fishing.
His mother says john this is not the way lifes supposed to be.
Dont you see the life that you are missing?
And he says...
When I grow up I want to be,
One of the harvesters of the sea.
I think before my days are done,
I want to be a fisherman.

Now years gone by we find man that rules the sea.
He sets out on a dark may morning .
To bring his catch back to this small community.
He doesnt see the danger dawning.
Four hours up, oh the ocean swelled and swelled,
The fog rolled in it started raining.
The starboard bow. oh my God were going down!
The do not hear his frantic mayday.
And he says
When I grow up I want to be,
One of the harvesters of the sea.
I think before my days are done,
I want to be a fisherman.
Ill live and die a fisherman.
Calling john the fisherman.