Fishin'

作曲 : Gordon Wallace Bamford/William Brice Long/William Seaborn Jones

She was nine years old i took her out on the boat

Broke out the tackle box and started to troll

One hit the line and she reeled it right in

Then she did it again and again

With an innocent grin she looked up at me asking

Dad why they call it fishin'

Not catchin'

I said sometimes you hook 'em

Sometimes you don't

Some days they almost jump in the boat

Some of them are keepers

Some you throw back

Baby girl life is like that

You just gotta keep on castin' and wishin'

That's why they call it fishin

Ten years later she was out on her own

Came home from college with her heart broke

One pretty spring day we were out on the water

Just having a talk, father and daughter

And i said do you remember back when you were asking

This is why they call it fishin'

Not catchin'

I said sometimes you hook em

Sometimes you don't

Some days they almost jump in the boat

Some of them are keepers

Some you throw back

Baby girl life is like that

You just gotta keep on casting and wishing

That's why they call it fishin'

Now she's married got a kid

Takes her fishing like i did

Now when she looks up at her askin'

Momma why they call it fishin' and not catchin'

She said sometimes you hook em

Sometimes you don't

Some days they almost jump in the boat

Some are keepers

Some you throw back

Baby girl life is like that

You just gotta keep on castin' and wishin'

Yeah you just gotta keep on castin' and wishin'

And that's why they call it fishin

That's why they call it fishin'