Gone Fishin'
When I was young I messed around instead of being studious
While others worked and planned my course was really rather dubious
But when it came to pleasures I was altogether serious
When someone tried to pin me down I'd say:
I'm gone fishin', it ain't no crime, ain't no mistake
I'm gone fishin' to the far side of the lake
I'm gone fishin', untill I see the setting sun,
I'm gone fishin', you won't see me till I'm done
Now I'm getting older, got my kids, I've got my wife
She's filled with good ideas about how I should run my life
and sometimes these ideas they make me worry, give me strife
That's when I grab my pole and tell her hon'
I'm gone fishin', it ain't no crime, ain't no mistake
I'm gone fishin' to the far side of the lake
I'm gone fishin', untill I see the setting sun,
I'm gone fishin', you won't see me till I'm done
And someday when I'm older call me coot or call me fart
With not a pot to piss in and a black and failing heart
you won't find me at no country club, or taking in fine art
But from that nursing home i'll surely stray...
I'll be gone fishin', it ain't no crime, ain't no mistake
I'm gone fishin' to the far side of the lake
I'm gone fishin', untill I see the setting sun,
I'm gone fishin', you won't see me till I'm done
Now fishin's not a verb, not an adjective or noun
Fishing is a state of mind where worries you can drown
Fishing doesn't take much planning and you don't have to wait
Give your brain a fishing break, come on and take the bait
We're gone fishin', it ain't no crime, ain't no mistake
I'm gone fishin' to the far side of the lake
I'm gone fishin', untill I see the setting sun,
I'm gone fishin', you won't see me till I'm done

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