The river life



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 says nope



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 jon 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



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



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 jon 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



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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



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 jon 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



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 jon 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