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High Cost of Fishing
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Acoustic, Alternative, Singer-Songwriter
alternative rock acoustic country singer songwriter folk rock
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The original JACK STRANGE acoustic alt-folk singer-songwriter!
New Orleans independent songwriter Jack Strange offers a rich catalog of original AI-free progressive folk-rock songs, blending decades of rock, folk, and alternative influences. Strange's albums include Blood on the Neutral Ground" released in September 2025, as well as "Still Alone" (2000), "Heartbeat" (2002), "Ever Laughter" (2003), the post-Katrina EP "Back in New Orleans" (2009), and a new home studio album projected for release in February 2026. All Strange songs are written, composed, and arranged by Jack Morris, except William Shakespeare wrote the lyrics in "Sylvia Who" (1589), and William Blake wrote the lyrics in "Tyger" (1794). All Strange songs are performed by Jack Morris, with special guests the Morris Family Chorus performing on "Peace and Joy," featuring Beckham Breaux, Theresa Ocampo, Payton Morris, Everett Breaux, Jordan Morris, Nora Ocampo, and Marigny Breaux. "Neutral Ground" cover art photo courtesy of Stacey Morris Breaux. "Back in New Orleans" cover art courtesy of Joshua Breaux. All Strange recordings are produced by Jack Morris. All Strange songs are available for licensing for publication, performance, and commercial use. Thanks for listening! strangesongsunlimited@gmail.com Disclaimer: Jack Strange does not exist. He and his musical and literary works are products of a human imagination. Any resemblance to an actual or electronic person, living or dead, or to actual or electronic musical or literary works, is entirely coincidental.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #359
Peak in subgenre #63
Author
Words and Music by Jack Morris
Rights
Copyright (c) by Jack Morris
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January 14, 2005
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MP3 3.1 MB • 128 kbps • 3:23
Lyrics
Today I launched out of Venice and trolled The Wagon Wheel with jigs and pigs In the cuts and pockets of the dead-end marsh canals Caught my limit of monster bass Came home tired cleaned the fish And stuffed the filets in the freezer You work to pay The cost of living You live to play You die someday Get forgiven But it’s a damned shame about the high cost of fishing It’s a damned shame about the high cost of fishing You need a boat motor trailer and a truck to pull 'em Fishfinder mobile phone and GPS Graphite rod and titanium reel Spinner crank soft and topwater baits Once upon a time I'd grab handfuls of earth Out the worm garden that grew in the yard Stuff the squirming dirt in a can Pick a cane pole behind the shed Walk down Orleans Avenue To the City Park lagoons and fish till dark You work to pay The cost of living You live to play You die someday Get forgiven But it’s a damned shame about the high cost of fishing It’s a damned shame about the high cost of fishing You need a boat motor trailer and a truck to pull 'em Fishfinder mobile phone and GPS Graphite rod and titanium reel Spinner crank soft and topwater baits The water was black and deep then Swimming with bream and cats and sac-au-lait And the possibility of a green flash The phenomenal churn yank and splash Of a monster bass erupting Like a green god out of black water You work to pay The cost of living You live to play You die someday Get forgiven But it’s a damned shame about the high cost of fishing It’s a damned shame about the high cost of fishing It’s a damned shame about the high cost A damned shame about the high cost A damned shame about the high cost of fishing
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