Son you make me feel so proud I pop the buttons off my shirt

I know I said I'd take you to the lake today

But I'm going to have to break those plans, and it really hurts

Every time I go fishin' it'd always start me wishin'

That I could be a child again

Take my 50 cents and go down to the local picture show

To watch my heroes rope and ride

Most times they'd win but when they'd lose it always made me cry

Ain't nothing quite as sad as watching your heroes die

One by one as they fall soon there'll be no heroes at all



Well I guess the fish just ain't bitin' just as well I don't feel like fightin'

All in all it just ain't that great a fishin' day that old newspaper headline

Kind of wrapped around this old heart of mine another big one got away

And I can't count the times he's made me laugh

But this time he's made me cry

There ain't nothing quite as sad as watching your heroes die

One by one as they fall soon there'll be no heroes at all

Writer : CHIPS MOMAN, BOBBY EMMONS
Copyright : Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group