My boss is on my back, my job's on the line
Little high on the bills, little low on the dime
The world's gone to hell on the five o'clock news
But out on this lake, we got hard times here too

I got some reel problems, like some cold beers to crack
Got a hole in my net and an ol' fashioned backlash
Yeah, some reel problems, like a big old birds nest
There's ten pounds of bass on my seven pound test
And I'm hung up on a log on the bottom
Yeah, I got myself some reel problems
Some rod and reel problems

My baby just called me, she says we're through
Said she hates my guts, and her momma does too
Well, I oughta head home now, we could quit all this fighting
But I can't just leave son, they just started biting

Got me some reel problems, like some cold beers to crack
Got a hole in my net, and a good ol' fashioned backlash
Yeah, some reel problems, like a big old birds nest
There's ten pounds of bass on my seven pound test
And I'm hung up on a log down on the bottom
Yeah, I got myself some reel problems

Oh, we in trouble boy

Just when I was about to head in
Well hold on, I just hooked a biggin'

Guess I got myself some reel problems, like some cold beers to crack
Got a hole in my net, and an ol' fashioned backlash
Yeah, some reel problems, like a big old birds nest
There's ten pounds of bass on this seven pound test
And I'm hung up on a log on the bottom
I got myself some reel problems
Some rod and reel problems