i met a man fishing off a pier
I met a man fishing off a pier.
He said, "I want to be anywhere but here.
Went on to the next, I said, “How about you?”
He said, “Well, son, just about anywhere will do”.
Fish off a New Jersey pier.
Hold on to something really dear.
The next was looking dispossessed.
I said, “Where might suit you best?”
Then he made a real bad cast.
He said, “I’m partial to the past”.
The one at the end was casting for distance,
Bound and determined to conquer resistance.
He said, “I’ll tell you why I’m here at the sea.
I’m tryin’ to reel the future in to me”.
There’s some swallow life hook, line and sinker.
Met a gal like that once and I’ll never forget her.
Fish off a New Jersey pier.
Hold on to something really dear.