Lyrics

[Intro: Rooster] The River Life [Verse 1: Rooster] Give a little more throttle, plane it out nice Watch out for stumps, left means right Drove my daddy 'round seven bush hooks Can't learn about that in them old textbooks Me and my buddies used to skip school And jump in that boat and ride to half moon Tried to be smooth 'til the plug popped out Sunk daddy's boat and just about drowned Daddy came home and found me outside Beat me with a piece of electrical wire Years went by, he bought a new boat I said daddy can I drive, he said nope [Chorus: Rooster] You got a long ways to go Before you know what makes that river flow Boy, it's gonna take a lot of time a million miles Just you and that old Jon boat But, if you learn to take sweet time And realize the fish won't always bite Son, there's so much life waitin' for you in that river Livin' that river life [Verse 2: Uncle Snap] I was raised up right, on the Altamaha Some of the best cat fishin' I ever saw I still remember runnin' ol' trout lines And checkin' them out before supper time Ain't nothin' in the world like riverbank campin' Fishin' all day just to see who's champion Cheese grits and a little Bud Light When the sun goes down we'll have a big fish fry Get the grease hot while the fish are soakin' And don't take them up 'til they all are floatin' Boy you gotta love this ol' river life A poor man's beach and a country boy's paradise [Chorus: Rooster] You got a long ways to go Before you know what makes that river flow Boy, it's gonna take a lot of time a million miles Just you and that old Jon boat But, if you learn to take sweet time And realize the fish won't always bite Son, there's so much life waitin' for you in that river Livin' that river life [Verse 3: Rooster & Uncle Snap] Drive on in, by the brim bed Put your cricket on and let him run with it 'til the hook's set A good mess 'bout a five gallon bucket If you can't catch that man it ain't gonna cut it Gotta go ahead and gut 'em when you get to the bank Hit the cooker with the flame when you lit the propane Some damn good eatin' when you do it how it's done Hell a bad day's fish, still a good day's fun Damn right I was raised up like that Ain't nothin' but a redneck river rat Still laugh when I think back to daddy sayin' "Boy you didn't do too bad" [Chorus: Rooster] You got a long ways to go Before you know what makes that river flow Boy, it's gonna take a lot of time a million miles Just you and that old Jon boat But, if you learn to take sweet time And realize the fish won't always bite Son, there's so much life waitin' for you in that river Livin' that river life You got a long ways to go Before you know what makes that river flow Boy, it's gonna take a lot of time a million miles Just you and that old Jon boat But, if you learn to take sweet time And realize the fish won't always bite Son, there's so much life waitin' for you in that river Livin' that river life