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
