Every Summer on the Line

Verse 1

Sun comin’ up on a silver tide

Old tin boat hummin’, drifting wide

Barefoot girl with a tangled reel

Laughin’ loud, living somethin’ real

Daddy pours coffee in a faded cup

Says, “Looks like the fish are wakin’ up”

She smiles big with her hair all wild

Just another summer for his little child

Chorus

Every summer on the line

Salt in the air and stars that shine

Crayfish crawl in the wire cage

Snapper fight like they’re breakin’ chains

And sometimes a shark will steal the show

He says, “Hold tight, don’t let it go”

Those moments live forever, I guess

Every summer on the line like this

Verse 2

She names the bait, talks to the sea

Swears the fish listen better than he

Her hands smell like the ocean breeze

Sunburnt nose and scraped up knees

He shows her knots and how to wait

Says, “Patience always brings good bait”

They tell old jokes, hum old tunes

Eat warm pies under a pink-lit moon

Chorus

Every summer on the line

Salt in the air and stars that shine

Crayfish crawl in the wire cage

Snapper fight like they’re breakin’ chains

And sometimes a shark will steal the show

He says, “Hold tight, don’t let it go”

Those moments live forever, I guess

Every summer on the line like this

Bridge

One day she’ll be grown and gone

Different boat, a different dawn

But she’ll still hear his steady voice

In every wave, in every choice

“Cast it slow, and trust your heart

The sea gives back what you put in at the start”

Final Chorus

Every summer on the line

Memories deep as the ocean’s spine

Crayfish, snapper, and shark-fin tales

Rusty hooks and weathered sails

He taught her more than how to fish

He taught her love, he taught her wish

Those days are written in her soul

Every summer on the line, made her whole

Outro

Now every tide that kisses the sand

Still feels like he’s holdin’ her hand

And she smiles soft at the ocean’s call

‘Cause she never really left that boat at all