[Intro] Got my rod, got my bait Coffee gone cold in the cupholder Same spot, same bench Same old story starting over [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 1] I'm just tryna fish in peace Out here by the dock But every Saturday around dusk Somebody wants to talk [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Pre-Chorus] And it's always the same story, a variation on a theme Trying to get some quiet, living out a simple dream [Verse 2] I had my chair in the same old shade My cooler by my boot My line was out, the water flat I was finally getting used [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 3] Then some guy with a bait bucket Pulls up way too close Sets his rig right where I'm working Like this spot is some kind of joke [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 4] He starts pulling in slab after slab Like the lake owes him favors I'm staring at my bobber Like it just got caught in labor [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 5] Then after sundown, half-sauced, I’m packing up When a fish jumps out near me With a gold band clipped on its fin Like it had something to tell me [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 6] I took it home in a grocery sack My wife saw it and froze Then she started crying at the sink Like she already knew the code [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 7] She said it was mine, that little ring Must’ve slipped off while I was swimming And I stood there in my wet socks Just nodding like I was kidding [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 8] But the county judge took one look And signed his name on the paper Like a fish with a story that bad Could still fool a grown-up stranger [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 9] So now I sleep in the spare room With the dog and the busted fan And I trust the kind of fish you find When somebody posts one online [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Verse 10] A girl sent me a picture once Of a twelve-pounder on a rope No boat, no lake, no splashes But I hit send back and said, “I hope” [Hook] Got my rod, got my bait I’m out here before the sun If the whole world wants a piece of me It’s gonna have to wait till I’m done Got my rod, got my bait Line in the water, hands off the fight You can keep your noise, your talk, your problems I’m gone till the bite [Outro] Now I keep my head down at the dock Let the water do its talking If I catch another one with a ring I’m just walking, I’m just walking
