Fishing Blues

[Verse 1: Slug]

I realize that we ain't the same

But you might appreciate it if I try to explain

While I'm sitting in the middle of a lake

Gotta find a fish to come and nibble on the bait

I'mma set the stage for the challenge

I'mma meditate just for practice

I'mma concentrate on my balance

I'mma contemplate on this canvas

I'm a bandit running with a stolen moment

The careful arrow, narrow focus

Gotta roll with both eyes open

Quality of life feels like I'm floatin'

Trying to make this minute stretch

'Cause what's in my face is so picturesque

I mean, it even made me quit the cigarettes

I mean, shit I guess I got a fish to catch

[Chorus: The Grouch]

Just like an answered calling

When I drop this line in the water

Keep fishing, man with a vision

Look brother I saw the future

Look past I'll draw it for you

Strong words of an old soul

"Don't rock my boat," I told them

"Reel em' in throw em' back slow"

[Verse 2: Slug]

Uh, uh

Everything looks clear in hindsight

If you can adjust to the twilight

Tryin' to live enough life to last a lifetime

Roll with the ride like I'm supposed to survive

How you know that you alive?

If you ain't fighting for a mouthful of future?

This ain't business as usual, check the tackle

Box full of beautiful, look like shrapnel

Break the cycle and the old mistakes

But the boat obeys the waves

And then the little fish spoke as it broke away

It said, "Know limits, but know with a 'K'"

Yesterday's catch will cook tomorrow

Right now I gotta do what I gotta

Took a time out from the human drama

Put my line in the water, now who wanna holler?

[Chorus: The Grouch]

Just like an answered calling

When I drop this line in the water

Keep fishing, man with a vision

Look brother I saw the future

Look past I'll draw it for you

Strong words of an old soul

"Don't rock my boat" I told them

"Reel em' in throw em' back slow"

[Outro: The Grouch]

Just like an answered calling

When I drop this line in the water

Keep fishing, man with a vision

Look brother I saw the future

Look past I'll draw it for you

Strong words of an old soul

"Don't rock my boat" I told them

"Reel em' in throw em' back slow"