For a Boat

Everything I learned about life

I learned out on that bank

From gettin' up early, comin' up empty

And good things come to those that wait

Money doesn't grow on trees

The difference in talking, and shootin' the breeze

I remember thinkin', wouldn't it be cool

To have an old flat bottom and an Evinrude

And Daddy saying, "Son, don't they bite just fine right here"

He'd say, "Love what you got, buddy, not what you ain't

And just about then that bobber would sink

And that outboard dream of mine would disappear

I grew up pretty lucky as far as lucky goes

Too broke for a boat

He coulda picked up an extra shift

Or a weekend at the factory

But every Sunday was saved for Jesus

And Saturdays, he spent with me

'Til that summer would fall

I didn't know we had it all

I remember thinkin', wouldn't it be cool

To have an old flat bottom and an Evinrude

And Daddy saying, "Son, don't they bite just fine right here"

He'd say, "Love what you got, buddy, not what you ain't

And just about then that bobber would sink

And that outboard dream of mine would disappear

I grew up pretty lucky as far as lucky goes

Too broke for a boat

Too broke for a boat

I remember thinkin', wouldn't it be cool

To have an old flat bottom and an Evinrude

And Daddy saying, "Son, don't they bite just fine right here"

He'd say, "Love what you got, buddy, not what you ain't

And just about then that bobber would sink

And that outboard dream of mine would disappear

I grew up pretty lucky as far as lucky goes

Too broke for a boat

Too broke for a boat