"Bet They're Biting" lyrics

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-shining, got nothing but time
'Cause it's Friday all day long
Be a hell of a day to be out on a 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 is "I bet they're biting"

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
Right now, I don't know when
But I know I'm gonna go again
Catch the fire out of them largemouth bass like I used to"

And the sun will be shining, got nothing but time
'Cause it's Friday all day long
Be a hell of a day to be out on a 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 is "I bet they're biting"

Yeah, I bet they're biting

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

And the sun'll be shining, got nothing but time
'Cause it's Friday all day long
Be a hell of a day to be out on a 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 and dyin'
All he had to say is "I bet they're biting"
"Yeah, boy, right now, I bet they're biting"