The OverSoulHigh Cost of Fishing Acoustic

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Fish stories Words and Music Copyright (c) 2003 by Jack Morris Cover Art Credit: CCO

Verse 1: Today I launched out of Venice and trolled The Wagon Wheel with jigs and pigs In the cuts and pockets of the dead-end marsh canals Caught my limit of monster bass Came home tired cleaned the fish And stuffed the filets in the freezer Chorus: You work to pay The cost of living You live to play You die someday Get forgiven But it’s a damned shame about the high cost of fishing Bridge: You need a boat motor trailer and a truck to pull 'em Fishfinder mobile phone and GPS Graphite rod and titanium spool Spinner crank soft and topwater baits Verse 2: Once upon a time I'd grab handfuls of earth Out the worm garden that grew in the yard Stuff the squirming dirt in a can Pick a cane pole behind the shed Walk down Orleans Avenue To the City Park lagoons and fish till dark [Repeat Chorus] [Repeat Bridge] Verse 3: The water was black and deep then Swimming with bream and cats and crappie galore And the possibility of a green flash The phenomenal churn yank and splash Of a monster bass erupting Like a green god out of black water [Repeat Chorus] Coda: It’s a damned shame about the high cost A damned shame about the high cost A damned shame about the high cost of fishing x