Lyrics

[Verse 1] I wished that I was a catfish Swimming in the old, I mean the deep blue sea Have all them good lookin' men Fishin' after me, yeah, fishin' after me, yeah [Refrain] Oh, oh Oh, oh yeah [Verse 2] Now lemme tell ya somethin', I went To my baby's house and I sit down Sit down on the steps, he said, "Come on in, Big Mama My wife just now left," my wife just now left [Refrain] I said, oh, oh-oh yeah Oh yeah, now lemme tell ya somethin', baby [Verse 3] I'm goin' home, back to Alabama That's where I was born I gotta tell everybody havin' so much fun Out in California, out in California Out in California [Refrain] So nice, so nice And aw yeah, and aw yeah Lemme tell ya somethin' now [Verse 4] I wanna tell you what I did I been all over and I'm goin' again 'Cause it was so nice, so nice Went to Frankfort, that was in Germany Barcelona, and that was in Spain Glasgow, that was in Scotland [Refrain] Oh, oh Lord Oh Lord, and it had a good time [Verse 5] Goin' all over European, all over that country And that was swell, but all I wanna tell you I wished that I was that catfish Swimmin' in the old deep, blue sea Oh, have all, sweet little men, Lord Fishin' after me, yeah, fishin' after me, yeah [Outro] Fishin' after me, yeah, oh And oh, Lord, fishin' after me And I know I'm a big catfish, that I'm a big catfish That I'm a big catfish, that I'm a big catfish I know I'm a catfish out in California