Gordon Bok - The net

My wings were blue in the ^Docean ^Agreen The prettiest thing you've ^Dever ^Aseen The ^E7gurnet said to the ^Acatfish Rose were my legs and ^Drose my ^Asides And who would have thought as I ^Droved the ^Atide Where the ^Bmred crab watched me scuttle and glide I would ^Dcome to dance in a ^Anet?

The fisherman stands by the ^Dwater and ^Achuckles Clams are his ears and ^Dlimpets his ^Aknuckles The ^E7gurnet said to the ^Acatfish The beard of a mussel ^Ddroops from his ^Achin The scales of a mackerel ^Dcling to his ^Askin And his ^Bmeyes roll out and his eyes roll in As he ^Dwatches us dance in the ^Anet

His eyes are hard as ^Dberries of ^Akelp But sweet is his daughter who ^Dcomes to ^Ahelp The ^E7gurnet said to the ^Acatfish They take the ropes in their ^Dlean brown ^Ahands And haul us out on the ^Dshine of the ^Asands And the ^Bmgirl she laughs as the fisherman stands And ^Dwatches us dance in the ^Anet

Let her ^Chang up her clothes on a ^Fgooseberry ^Cbush Where the waves say 'crush' and the ^Ffoam says '^Chush' The ^G7gurnet said to the ^Ccatfish The surf is red with ^Fstruggle and ^Cslaughter But somewhere on earth or in ^Fsky or in ^Cwater The ^Dmscaly man and his long-legged daughter Will ^Fcome to dance in a ^Cnet

The ^Cfishes dance to the ^Ffisherman's ^Ctune The waters run to the ^Fpull of the ^Cmoon And the ^G7gurnet said to the ^Ccatfish The air and the sand at the ^Fedge of the ^Ctide The fisherman's daughter, ^Fdancing in ^Cpride With her ^Dmrosy legs and her rosy side Is ^Fless than a fish in the ^Cnet

For ^Dsomewhere, glaring in ^Gwastes of ^Dspace There's a terrible eye in an ^Gempty ^Dface The ^A7gurnet said to the ^Dcatfish And round and round in the ^Gspell of that ^Dstare Flashing and slashing and ^Gbiting the ^Dsnare Go ^Emall the glittering shoals of the air ^GDancing like fish in the ^Dnet

So somebody sits in ^Gspace and ^Dchuckles With hair like a comet and ^Gstars for ^Dknuckles The ^A7gurnet said to the ^Dcatfish And glimmer of side and ^Gswirl of ^Dfin His arms are huge as he ^Ghauls them ^Din And his ^Emteeth are sharks in a mile wide grin As he ^Gwatches them dance in the ^Dnet

^CThere I'm going and ^Fthere go ^Cyou I with my wings of ^Fbutterfly ^Cblue The ^G7gurnet said to the ^Ccatfish The moon comes by and he ^Fswallows it ^Cwhole And there is the girl with ^Fwings on her ^Csoul And ^Dmnow it's the fisher, and the great eyes roll As he ^Fwatches them dance in the ^Cnet