One Thing I Can Count On

Well I went out fishin' just the other day and don't you know I got skunked

There was rust and appliances and old car tires and my fishin' hole'd been junked

Then I headed home feeling kinda low when I passed the roadside bar

Then I hit the brakes when I heard the sound of a pedal steel guitar

'Cause the fish don't bite in the creeks around here like they did in years before

And my girl don't love me like she used to do when I walk in that door

But there's one thing that I can count on to pick me up when I'm feeling down

That's a good cold beer at a country bar where they play the honky tonk sound

Well you know my job it's a gettin' old just a little bit faster than me

And it ain't exactly what I used to say when I growed up I wanted to be

I've been thinking 'bout taking some night school, getting started on a new career

It means I'll have to quit spending my nights playing country songs and drinkin' beer

'Cause the fish don't bite in the creeks around here like they did in years before

And my girl don't love me like she used to do when I walk in that door

But there's one thing that I can count on to pick me up when I'm feeling down

That's a good cold beer at a country bar where they play the honky tonk sound

There's a number of things that some folks say get better and better with time

A good country song is one of them things in the opinion of mine

There Stands the Glass by old Webb Pierce, it sounds good every night

But when George sings He Stopped Loving Her Today I can see my life's alright

Well 'cause the fish don't bite in the creeks around here like they did in years before

And my girl don't love me like she used to do when I walk in that door

But there's one thing that I can count on to pick me up when I'm feeling down

That's a good cold beer at a country bar where they play the honky tonk sound

That's a good cold beer at a country bar where they play the honky tonk sound