I'll tell you why I can't find you
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Every time I go out to your place...
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You gone fishin' (well how you know)
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Well there's a sign upon your door (uh-huh)
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Gone fishin' (I'm real gone man)
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You ain't workin' anymore (could be)
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There's your hoe out in the sun
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Where you left a row half done
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You claim that hoein' ain't no fun (well I can prove it)
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You ain't got no ambition
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Gone fishin' by a shady wady pool (shangrila, really la)
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I'm wishin' I could be that kind of fool (should I twist your arm? )
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I'd say no more work for mine (welcome to the club)
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On my door I'd hang a sign
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Gone fishin' instead of just a-wishin'
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Papa bing (yeah louis)
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I stopped by your place a time or two lately
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And you aren't home either
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Well, I'm a busy man louis. I got a lotta deals cookin'
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I was probably tied up at the studio
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You weren't tied up you dog
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You was just plain old...
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Gone fishin' (bah-boo-bah-boo-bah-boo-bah-boo-bah)
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There's a sign upon your door (pops, don't blab it around, will you? )
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Gone fishin' (keep it shady, I got me a big one staked out)
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Mmm, you ain't workin' anymore (I don't have to work, I got me a piece of gary)
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Cows need milkin' in the barn (I have the twins on that detail, they each take a side)
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But you just don't give a darn (give 'em four bits a cow and hand lotion)
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You just never seem to learn (man, you taught me)
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You ain't got no ambition (you're convincin' me)
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Gone fishin' (bah-boo-dah-do-dah-do-dah-do)
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Got your hound dog by your side (that's old cindy-lou goin' with me)
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Gone fishin' (mmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm)
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Fleas are bitin' at his hide (get away from me boy, you bother me)
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Mmm, folks won't find us now because
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Mister satch and mister cros
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We gone fishin' instead of just a-wishin'
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Bah-boo-baby-bah-boo-bah-bay-mmm-bo-bay
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Oh yeah!
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Gone Fishin'
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| Louis Armstrong |
