crickets and cane poles

at the pond behind the double-wide

is where my daddy raised me up

i don't think a day went by without whiskey in his cup

he had a tendency to take it out on me on the days he had it rough

but on the other ones

lord it wasn't much

but to me it was enough

we'd go fish

we don't talk

except when our lines get crossed

but i don't care

'cause the only love he showed

was at a fishin' hole

with crickets and cane poles

now i'm standin' in a church house

where i've never been before

he never mustered up the courage to ever walk me through those doors

now i'm standin' in a pulpit readin' my dad's eulogy

well

it's a shame there ain't much good to say

except the times that meant most to me

when we'd go fish

we don't talk

except when our lines got crossed

but i don't care

'cause the only love he showed

was at a fishin' hole

with crickets and cane poles

now i'm grown with a boy of my own

i'm gonna raise him the right way

in a church pew on sunday

after every saturday

when we'd go fish

and we talk

we just laugh when our lines get crossed

and i'll make damn sure

he knows his daddy's love is more

than just a fishin' hole

with crickets and cane poles

more than just a fishin' hole

with crickets and cane poles