Gone Fishin' -

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