The Lacs - River Life lyrics

[Intro: Brian "Rooster" King] The River Life [Verse 1: Brian "Rooster" King] Give a little more throttle, plane it out nice Watch out for stumps, left means right Drove my daddy round seven bush hooks Can't learn about that in them old textbooks Me and my buddies used to skip school Jump in that boat and ride to half moon Tried to be smooth till the plug popped out Sunk daddy's boat and just about drowned Daddy came home and found me outside Beat me with a piece of electrical wire Years went by, he bought a new boat I said daddy can I drive, he said nope [Chorus: Brian "Rooster" King] You got a long ways to go Before you know what makes that river flow Boy, it's gonna take a lot of time and many miles Just you and that old john boat But, if you learn to take sweet time And realize the fish won't always bite Son, there's so much life waiting for you in that river Living that river life [Verse 2: Clay "Uncle Snap" Sharpe] I was raised up right, on the Altamaha Some of the best cat fishing I ever saw I still remember running ol' trout lines And checking them out before supper time Ain't nothing in the world like riverbank camping Fishing all day just to see who's champion Cheese grits and a little Bud Light When the sun goes down we'll have a big fish fry Get the grease hot while the fish are soaking And don't take them up till they all are floating Boy you gotta love this ol' river life A poor man's beach and a country boy's paradise [Chorus: Brian "Rooster" King] You got a long ways to go Before you know what makes that river flow Boy, it's gonna take a lot of time and many miles Just you and that old john boat But, if you learn to take sweet time And realize the fish won't always bite Son, there's so much life waiting for you in that river Living that river life [Verse 3: Brian "Rooster" King & Clay "Uncle Snap" Sharpe] Drive on in, by the [?] bend Put your cricket on and let him run with it till the hook's set Good mess by the five gallon bucket If you can't catch that man it ain't gonna cut it Gotta go ahead and gut it when you get to the bank Hit the cooker with the flame when you lit the propane It's a damn good eating when you do it how it's done Hell a bad day's fish, still a good day's fun Damn right I was raised up like that Ain't nothing but a redneck river rat Still laugh when I think back to daddy saying Boy you didn't do too bad [Chorus: Brian "Rooster" King] x2 You got a long ways to go Before you know what makes that river flow Boy, it's gonna take a lot of time and many miles Just you and that old john boat But, if you learn to take sweet time And realize the fish won't always bite Son, there's so much life waiting for you in that river Living that river life