Lyrics:

(J.J. Cale)

The old man he catches the fish in the morning
He rides the river every day
I go down to the bank and I holler when he passes
'Hey, old man, are they biting today'
'Hey, old man, are they biting today'

I wake up in the morning, thinking 'bout my troubles
I go down to the water and they pass away
And when the old man comes a-floating down the river
'Hey, old man, are they biting today'
'Hey, old man, are they biting today'

Now here we've got a thing that keeps on rolling
It ain't heavy, don't take it that way
The old man and me, we got a good thing going
He gets his fish and I sit all day
He catches fish and I sit all day