The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Fishing in the Dark Meaning

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Fishing in the Dark Lyrics

Lazy yellow moon comin' up tonight
Shinin' through the trees
Crickets are sangin' and the lightnin' bugs are floatin' on the breeze
Baby get ready...

Across the field where the crick turns back by the ole stump road
I'm gonna take you to a...

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   anonymous

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   Mar 14th 2012 report

   No it's about sex by the river....
2. anonymous

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   Jan 26th report

   Slow & easy sitting with my fellow. It's a summer night quiet no one else but us. We hold hands sweet kisses
   
   Innocent pure love the 1st blush of love
3. anonymous

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   Nov 13th report

   Look it up on Urban dictionary. . .
4. anonymous

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   Oct 4th 2016 report

   its about getting lost with a girl
5. truthntunes

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   Dec 31st 2011 report

   Ultimate feel good song about abandoning the urban undertow, and "just movin' slow."
   
   Also, I hear "old stump row" instead of, "old stump road" which creates the mental image of a place on the river that once experienced drought and is now lined with cypress tree stumps; a place that only he knows and has escaped to many a'time, anticipating warmer weather when he and his love can revel in quiet contentment away from the hustle and bustle of city life beneath a blanket of stars, counting them one by one while...fishin' in the dark...
   
   Forever timeless and forever my favorite!