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cooper james - teach a man to fish lyrics

[verse 1]
on the edge of a city
where the river meets the road
and the only sign of the changing times
is the numbers on the telephone pole
is that where you’ll find it
little three acre lake
with the hill in the back i was raised on
and five fours on the gate
i’d be lyin’ if i didn’t say
that i’m my father’s son
i walk like him
i talk like him
i clean my plate so i could grow up strong
and as he stood by the water
while he’s casting off the shore
and thе sunset over the rivеr
handing me his pole
he said
“i’ve been fishing thirty years
i could real ’em in all day
so cast that line
as your granddaddy used to say”

[chorus]
that you can teach a man to fish
you can teach a boy to reel it in
teach a son to cut the worms in half
teach a brother to lend a hand
teach a mother to let him figure it out himself
teach a father to teach them how to love themselves
and how to teach a man to fish
[verse 2]
well, i wouldn’t want it any other way
the way that i was grown
with a woman god sent me to love
and a child of my own
and i’ll take him to the lake
where i cast my first line
and i’ll live to see him pull in his first
where i caught mine
underneath the burnin’ july sun
i said “do you need some help?”
with that fish in his hand and a twinkle in his eye
he takes off himself

[chorus]
’cause you can teach a man to fish
you can teach a boy to reel it in
teach a son to cut the worms in half
teach a brother to lend a hand
teach a mother to let him figure it out himself
teach a father to teach them how to love themselves
and how to teach a man to fish

[verse 3]
but between the day i cast that line
and the day you hear this song
there’s been lots of joy and laughter
and lots of days i’ve been up all day long
this world is changing
but the world stays just the same
seems like most the time i’ve been playin’ a losin’ game
but at every door i open
and every door i close
there’s a reason i’m here today
and i hope he knows
[chorus]
that he taught a man to fish
he taught a boy to reel it in
he taught a son to cut the worms in half
he taught a brother to lend a hand
taught a mother to let me figure it out myself
taught a future father to teach them how to love themselves
and how to teach a man to fish

[chorus]
how to teach a boy to reel it in
to teach a son to cut the worms in half
teach a brother to lend a hand
teach a mother to let him figure it out himself
to be a father that knows to truly love himself
it’s how you teach a man to fish

- cooper james lyrics

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