But, I Can’t Stop Fishing!! !
BY:  Juan Olivarez

But, I can’t stop fishing,
I told my new wife.
It’s an integral part,
Of all young men’s lifes.

But she laid down the law,
It was fishing or her.
Get rid of the tackle,
The rods and the lures.

She wanted no part,
Of those smelly fish.
To tell you the truth,
She was really a…pain.

Well I don’t know what happened,
But after a while,
She just let it go,
Like a bright eyed little child.

And I took her fishing,
For the first time in her life.
And she caught more than me,
My wonderful new wife.

It’s close to forty years now,
And she never stays home.
She says it’s not right,
That I go fishing alone.