Bet They'Re Biting

It's gotten hard for me to stop by
But I turned in that drive
Walked past his rusty two-tone beat-up Chevy truck
And nowadays, he moves real slow
When the hell'd he get so old?
I said, "Hey, old man, how you holdin' up?"

He said, "The sun is a-shinin', got nothin' but time
'Cause it's Friday all day long
Be a hell of a day to be out on the lake
On a boat with the radio on"
And we both know his best days are way behind him
But all he had to say was, "I bet they're bitin'"

He said, "I know a shady old spot
I used to go there a lot
I can almost smell the burnt oil from that Evinrude
And right now I don't know when
But I know I'm gonna go again
Catch a fire out of them largemouth bass like I used to"

And the sun will be shinin', got nothin' but time
'Cause it's Friday all day long
Be a hell of a day to be out on the lake
On a boat with the radio on
And we both know his best days are way behind him
And all he had to say was, "I bet they're bitin'"
Yeah, I bet they're bitin'

He said, "I'm glad that you dropped by
But if I was you, boy, I'd be
Out there on the water now, wettin' a line"

And the sun will be shinin', got nothin' but time
'Cause it's Friday all day long
Be a hell of a day to be out on the lake
On a boat with the radio on
And we both know his best days are way behind him
While that old man was layin' there, dyin'
All he had to say was, "I bet they're bitin'"
Yeah, boy, right now I bet they're bitin'