[Verse 1]
Like Marlon Brando, but bigger
You'll find that creature at the bottom of the deep down Susquehanna River
This one I had stood right on up to me
Tore out his hook and declared himself a prodigy
This one I had, it turned bright like the sun
Went around three times and departed with the dove

[Chorus 1]
But oh no, fishing ain't what it used to be
I've seen some bad years, but this one is just killing me
One little nibble in thirteen years, I really pack 'em in
This one I had, I seen it in dreams
All shacked up with lightning and horizon beams

[Verse 2]
Well I bring 'em on up and then I pack 'em on in
In all the places I've been
And I swear it's never been like this before
Least not since nineteen and forty-four
But today, I made a sick discovery
Lead box in Sassafras Cove
Well, I bring 'em on up and then I pack 'em on in, oh yeah
I'm really cashing in

[Chorus 2]
Wash of the Chesapeake and Appalachian Blue Range
I have discovered the body of John Wilkes Booth
Yes, it's true, I have Mr. Booth
Everybody got to make a living somehow
Do I hear a million?
[Guitar Solo]
Yeah

[Outro]
Well, I bring 'em on up and then I pack 'em on in
And then I bring 'em on up and then I pack 'em on in
Well, I bring 'em on up and then I pack 'em on in
And then I bring 'em on up and then I pack 'em on in
And then I pack 'em on in
And then I pack 'em on in