[INTRO — INSTRUMENTAL, 12 BARS] [Gentle water-like kalimba pattern] [Ukulele strums; round funky bass eases in] [Silver concert flute floats over the groove] [Soft tambourine on the backbeat] [VERSE 1 — BUBBA, SUNG] I sure miss the days I'd walk down to the dock, No appointments to keep, wasn't watching the clock. Step aboard that pontoon, untie her real slow, Let the motor hum easy, let the shoreline go. [INSTRUMENTAL — 8 BARS] [Kalimba sparkles; wooden flute answers] [Bass plays a soft, syncopated fill] [VERSE 2 — DARLENE, SUNG] There ain't much better than a breeze on your face, When the whole wide world ain't making you race. Just a long blue stretch and a little sunlight, And nowhere you gotta be before tonight. [CHORUS — BOTH, SUNG] Take me back to that easy ride, Where the water and the hills roll side by side. Let that bass line roll, let that silver flute play, Let the whole world hurry—we can drift away. I can't turn back time, but I still can see Those Lake Lanier mornings waiting there for me. Oh, I sure miss those days, Those easy, easy lake days. [INSTRUMENTAL — 12 BARS] [Ocarina plays the chorus hook] [Tenor sax answers warm and low] [Ukulele and tambourine keep the gentle funk] [VERSE 3 — BUBBA, SUNG] Over to Landmark Marina for a tank of gas, Then back across the water, letting all my worries pass. Some days in that Procraft fish-and-ski, Looking for a big old bass waiting under a fallen tree. [INSTRUMENTAL — 8 BARS] [Silver flute traces a winding melody] [Kalimba answers in bright little drops] [VERSE 4 — BUBBA, RHYTHMIC COUNTRY TALK-SING] Ease around a bend, cut the motor down low, Pitch that lure toward a log where the shadows grow. One little twitch, then the line pulls tight, Oh, a big bass jumping—that's a beautiful sight! [INSTRUMENTAL — 8 BARS] [Funky electric bass takes a playful solo] [Ukulele strums and tambourine shakes] [Tenor sax answers with a bluesy lick] [VERSE 5 — DARLENE, SUNG] And sometimes it's the quiet that stays with you most, Not the fish that you caught or how far you coast. Just the sun on the water and the breeze through the pines, A little bit of peace you can visit in your mind. [INSTRUMENTAL — 16 BARS] [8 bars: soulful Darlene tenor sax solo] [4 bars: silver flute answers] [4 bars: kalimba and ocarina trade phrases] [CHORUS — BOTH, SUNG] Take me back to that easy ride, Where the water and the hills roll side by side. Let that bass line roll, let that silver flute play, Let the whole world hurry—we can drift away. I can't turn back time, but I still can see Those Lake Lanier mornings waiting there for me. Oh, I sure miss those days, Those easy, easy lake days. [BRIDGE — BUBBA, SOFTLY SPOKEN] You know, Darlene, I don't even need to catch one. I'd just like one more afternoon out there. [DARLENE, SUNG] Then close your eyes and hear that water sing. Some memories still know how to bring you home. [OUTRO — INSTRUMENTAL, 20 BARS] [Kalimba plays a slow shimmering pattern] [Wooden flute and ocarina drift together] [Silver flute takes a gentle final phrase] [Tenor sax answers; funky bass keeps rolling] [Ukulele and tambourine fade like a boat rounding the bend]
