Me

and

him

was

beatin'

them

banks

Tal-

kin'

life

and

death,

Fords

and

Che-

vro-

lets

Said,

"Son,

we

got

it

made"

"Got

a

live

well

full,

lit-

tle

sun-

shine

a

lit-

tle

shade"

I

ain't

rea-

dy

to

go

to-

day

But

when

my

time

comes

and

if

I

had

it

my

way

I'd

be

sit-

tin'

on

a

lake

like

glass

Cat-

chin'

Large-

mouth

Bass

Just

my

boy

and

me

Or

may-

be

on

a

fif-

ty-

yard

line

Wa-

tchin'

A-

la-

ba-

ma

whoop

up

on

Ten-

nes-

see

Or

may-

be

on

a

front

porch

swing

Some-

thin'

cold

to

drink,

your

mom-

ma's

hand

to

hold

And

a

song

on

a

ra-

di-

o,

would

be

a

hell

of

a

way

to

go

I

re-

mem-

ber

thin-

kin'

that

day

I

could-

n't

pic-

ture

him

go-

in'

a-

ny

o-

ther

way

Some

day

when

I

get

old

I

can

on-

ly

hope,

when

the

good

Lord

calls

me

home

I'd

be

sit-

tin'

on

a

lake

like

glass

Cat-

chin'

Large-

mouth

Bass

Just

my

boy

and

me

Or

may-

be

on

a

fif-

ty-

yard

line

Wa-

tchin'

A-

la-

ba-

ma

whoop

up

on

Ten-

nes-

see

Or

may-

be

on

a

front

porch

swing

Some-

thin'

cold

to

drink,

my

ba-

by's

hand

to

hold

And

a

song

on

a

ra-

di-

o,

would

be

a

hell

of

a

way

to

go

That

would

be

a

hell

of

a

way

to

go

No,

he

was-

n't

out

fi-

shin'

on

the

day

he

died

But

I

bet

a-

bout

the

time

he

closed

his

eyes

He

was

sit-

tin'

on

a

lake

like

glass

Ca-

tchin'

Large-

mouth

Bass

Just

a-

wai-

tin'

on

me

Or

may-

be

on

a

fif-

ty-

yard

line

Watch-

in'

'Ba-

ma

beat

the

hell

out

of

Ten-

nes-

see

Or

may-

be

on

a

front

porch

swing

Some-

thin'

cold

to

drink,

your

mom-

ma's

hand

to

hold

And

a

song

on

a

ra-

di-

o,

that's

a

hell

of

a

way

to

go

Yeah,

that's

a

hell

of

a

way

to

go