Fish, Cut Bait, or Go Home
Fish, Cut Bait, or Go Home
Give my daddy a pair of pliers and little wire
And he can fix anything
Got his PHD on grandpa’s knee, a tractor seat
And the front porch swing
Every Sunday after church
He’d change out of his one good shirt
Grab his old khaki jacket and a can of worms and go fishin’
And he’d take me along ....and he’d say...
Use both hands while learnin’, keep takin’ up that slack
Don’t waste time wishin’ go fishin’ for the big’un
Cause you gotta throw the little ones back
You gotta learn when it’s time to set the hook
And when to leave well enough alone
When it’s down to get doin’ and it’s gotta get done
You gotta fish, cut bait, or go home
When I was sixteen daddy seemed mean, out-of-touch,
Old, and in the way
Then about the time I turned twenty five
He started getting smarter everyday
Now every morning I put on a fresh white shirt
Grab a tie and jacket and go to work
It’s a hundred-mile-a-minute life a man could get hurt
But I’m doing fine just a’doin’ what my daddy said
...and he said....
Give my daddy a pair of pliers and little wire
And he can fix anything
Got his PHD on grandpa’s knee, a tractor seat
And the front porch swing
Every Sunday after church
He’d change out of his one good shirt
Grab his old khaki jacket and a can of worms and go fishin’
And he’d take me along ....and he’d say...
Use both hands while learnin’, keep takin’ up that slack
Don’t waste time wishin’ go fishin’ for the big’un
Cause you gotta throw the little ones back
You gotta learn when it’s time to set the hook
And when to leave well enough alone
When it’s down to get doin’ and it’s gotta get done
You gotta fish, cut bait, or go home
When I was sixteen daddy seemed mean, out-of-touch,
Old, and in the way
Then about the time I turned twenty five
He started getting smarter everyday
Now every morning I put on a fresh white shirt
Grab a tie and jacket and go to work
It’s a hundred-mile-a-minute life a man could get hurt
But I’m doing fine just a’doin’ what my daddy said
...and he said....