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I was fishing last Friday on a lake in Mississippi in the humid summer heat 
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on a boat with my best friend Cletus who was sleeping in the back seat 
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well the bites were slow and we were running low on chips and Gatorade 
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it had been a long hard day 
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felt a tug on the line and I didn't pay attention it was spinning way to  
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fast 
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before I knew it I was staring at a ten pound shiny bass 
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when I tried to pull the fish inside I pulled a muscle in my upper thigh 
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I was so scared I threw my rod up in the air 
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Cletus take the reel 
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take it from my hand 
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cause I can't do it on my own 
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I'm letting go and I need your help bad 
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and if you don't my fish is gone 
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oh Cletus take the reel 
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oh I'm letting go 
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and I need your help bad 
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and if you don't my fish is gone 
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on this boat I'm on 
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Cletus take the reel 
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oh take it take it from me
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Oh  whaaaa ooooh......