This ain't no lie
Saved all my birthday money up
Put it down on a ridin' reel
I got my green and tan plane
Loaded up permission to fish
Behind that old sawmill
Mama said, watch your snakes
Daddy said, shut the gate
Brother said, to bitein' on the zoom
Black and red flake
Layin' in the bed that night
I swear I could barely sleep
Cause all I ever wanted to be
Was be a dance
Fishin' for a livin'
Saturday morning
On television
A Georgia boy learnin' how to hook
Big bass from a largemouth
Legend in a town
In a sea hat
Taught me how to tie em on
Taught me how to take em off
Taught me how to catch em
And they said they couldn't be caught
Nobody ever had to worry about me
Cause all I ever wanted to be
Was be a dance
While other boys were playin'
Ballin' knockin' hits
I was floatin' on the muckley
I was floatin' on the muckley
While rebel kids were smokin'
Stealin' cigarettes
I was fishin' in them cypress trees
Paddle in a John Boat
Nine pound, no joke
Got him in the net
Cause I didn't get my life broke
Usin' every trick in the book
That he ever taught me
Cause all I ever wanted to be
Was be a dance
Fishin' for a livin'
Saturday morning
On television
A Georgia boy learnin' how to hook
Big bass from a large mouth
Legend in a Tennessee hat
Taught me how to tie em on
Taught me how to take em off
Taught me how to catch em
When they said they couldn't be caught
Nobody ever had to worry about me
Cause all I ever wanted to be
Was be a dance
There's a lot of heroes out there these days
But if you ask me mine
There's only one name I'll say
Bill Dance
Fishin' for a livin'
Saturday morning
On television
A Georgia boy learnin' how to hook
Big bass from the best damn fisherman
The world's ever had
Taught me how to tie em on
Taught me how to take em off
Taught me how to catch em
When they said they couldn't be caught
Nobody ever had to worry about me
Cause all I ever wanted to be
Was be a dance
Be a dance
Yeah the sun is just startin' to shine up
Over the treetops
It's gonna be a beautiful day
It's playin' soon