From the time I was a little bitty girl my grandpa
Took me Sunday fishin' at river where I caught
Catfish by the dozen and everyone was buzzin' 'bout the girl, the girl with the fishin' rod
We laughed, we talked and I learned a lot

I learned that People Magazine, Cosmo, and Seventeen
All those girls got nothin' on me
I like a little bit of makeup, camouflage tank top
My dream boat on the nearest creek
I can turn heads on the riverbed as good as the girls in Hollywood can
'Cause Grandpa said nothin's closer to God than a girl with a fishin' rod

Growin' up the girls at school were all cheerleadin'
While I was out with Grandpa just casting and reeling
The boys would all go fishing and all those girls were wishing they were me, the girl with the fishin' rod
I laughed, they cried 'cause I always got the guy

I learned that People Magazine, Cosmo, and Seventeen
All those girls got nothin' on me
I like a little bit of makeup, camouflage tank top
My dream boat on the nearest creek
I can turn heads on the riverbed as good as the girls in Hollywood can
'Cause Grandpa said nothin's closer to God than a girl with a fishin' rod

When I have a daughter I'm gonna raise her on the water
Tell her 'bout Grandpa, teach her bout life, a little 'bout love and the way that I

I learned that People Magazine, Cosmo, and Seventeen
All those girls got nothin' on me
I like a little bit of makeup, camouflage tank top
My dream boat on the nearest creek
I can turn heads on the riverbed as good as the girls in Hollywood can
'Cause Grandpa said nothin's closer to God than a girl with a fishin' rod

'Cause Grandpa said nothin's closer to God than a girl with a fishin' rod