Fish & Whistle Lyrics - Bottom Line [1978 New York Broadcast] - John Prine

I been thinking lately about the people I meet 

The car wash on the corner and the hole in the street 

The way my ankles hurt with shoes on my feet 

And I'm wondering if I'm gonna see tomorrow 

Father forgive us for what we must do 

You forgive us and we'll forgive you 

We'll forgive each other till we both turn blue 

Then we'll whistle and go fishing in heaven 

I was in the army but I never dug a trench 

I used to bust my knuckles on a monkey wrench 

Then I'd go to town and drink and give the girls a pinch 

But I don't think they ever even noticed me 

Father forgive us for what we must do 

You forgive us and we'll forgive you 

We'll forgive each other till we both turn blue 

Then we'll whistle and go fishing in heaven 

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Fish and whistle, whistle and fish 

Eat everything that they put on your dish 

And when we get through we'll make a big wish 

That we never have to do this again, again, again 

On my very first job I said, "Thank you" and "Please" 

They made me scrub a parking lot down on my knees 

Then I got fired for being scared of bees 

And they only give me fifty cents an hour 

Father forgive us for what we must do 

You forgive us and we'll forgive you 

We'll forgive each other till we both turn blue 

Then we'll whistle and go fishing in heaven 

Fish and whistle, whistle and fish 

Eat everything that they put on your dish 

And when we get through we'll make a big wish 

That we never have to do this again, again, again 

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Father forgive us for what we must do 

You forgive us and we'll forgive you 

We'll forgive each other till we both turn blue 

Then we'll whistle and go fishing in heaven 

We'll whistle and go fishing in heaven 

We'll whistle and go fishing in heaven