Saved all my birthday money up Put it down on a rod and reel I got my green and tan Plano loaded up
Permission to fish behind that old sawmill Momma said, "Watch for snakes" Daddy said, "Shut the gate" Brother said, "They´re biting on the zoom black and red flake" Laying in the bed that night I swear I could barely sleep
´Cause all I ever wanted to be was Bill Dance Fishing for a living Saturday morning on television A Georgia boy learning how to hook big bass From a large mouth legend in a Tennessee hat Taught me how to tie ´em on Taught me how to take ´em off Taught me how to catch ´em when they said they couldn´t be caught Nobody ever had to worry about me
´Cause all I ever wanted to be was Bill Dance
While other boys were playing ball and knocking heads I was floating on the Muckalee While rebel kids were smoking, stealing cigarettes I was fishing in them cypress trees Paddle and a Jon Boat, nine pound, no joke Got him in the net cause I didn´t get my line broke Using every trick in the book Daddy ever taught me
´Cause all I ever wanted to be was Bill Dance Fishing for a living Saturday morning on television A Georgia boy learning how to hook big bass
From a large mouth legend in a Tennessee hat Taught me how to tie ´em on Taught me how to take ´em off Taught me how to catch ´em when they said they couldn´t be caught Nobody ever had to worry about me ´Cause all I ever wanted to be was Bill Dance
There´s a lot of heroes out there these days But if you ask me mine, there´s only one name I´ll say
Bill Dance, fishing for a living Saturday morning on television A Georgia boy learning how to hook big bass From the best damn fisherman the world´s ever had Taught me how to tie ´em on Taught me how to take ´em off
Taught me how to catch ´em when they said they couldn´t be caught Nobody ever had to worry about me ´Cause all I ever wanted to be was Bill Dance Bill Dance
Yeah, the sun is just starting to shine up over the treetops It´s gonna be a beautiful day, it´s plain to see