My Father's Only Son - Carrie Newcomer

It’s just a good excuse to watch the sun go down

On a gravel pit outside of town

My father had three daughters

So I became his only son

Summertime in Allen County

You can slice the air like bread

Pack up our old Rambler

With cane poles and little said

You never talk much in a fishin' boat

'Cause it just scares the fish away

You just give it time and watch your line

He’s say, «Just an hour or two.»

Some folks are always like that

And never really answer you

You never talk much in a fishin' boat

'Cause it just scares the fish away

You just give it time and watch your line

The sun goes down and why no one knows

I grew up out of my fishin' clothes

I told him once and he slowly smiled

That his only son was expecting a child

You never talk much in a fishin' boat

'Cause it just scares the fish away

You just give it time and watch your line

I’ll remember all my life

My father’s face in the de3ep twilight

In a boat under the evening sun

Throwin' back the little ones