Fishermen's Tale Lyrics

And we laughed til we cried

Hearing the older man's tale

Boldened by drink he tried

Convincing us not to set sail

In the night, on the lake

In the hopes that our fortune might change

Where a beast, still does creep

For stray fishermen that it might eat

Well

Who cares what he says?

He's out of his mind

Or hiding no doubt the best

Haul that we could hope to

Find

Hey!

And we fell from the bar

Laughing our way to the shore

Now the boat wasn't far

We cast off and made our way for

Fortune fair, even though

The weather was not quite so

In my mind, on the waves

The old man's words quietly rang

Well

Who minds a quick storm?

For our weight in gold

Might I remind you that

Fortune does favor the

Bold

And we rode through the waves

Til we found that wretched place

When we sent out our nets

The catch brought a smile to my face

There were fish huge and perfect

Neither of us had seen

Scales so healthy and beautiful

Glowing a brilliant gleam

From bubbling foam the mother rose

Ready for her dinner

Her maw clamped down from underneath

And reduced the boat to splinters

A lure was cast, on my best friend

To greet those great jaws of hell

With no goodbye he met his end

Beneath its powerful spell

But

I made my escape

Was all night I swam

Im Doomed to be doubted in

The judging cold eyes of

Man

Hey

And they laughed til they cried