Call Me If You Get One

Daddy already had the truck running out in the drive

It's never been easier to wake an 8 year old up at 4:45

I put my camo on record fast, he put coffee on in the kitchen

Mama handed me a brown bag full of Jimmy Dean and biscuits

We walked out the door, felt the first cold snap of fall

We were 'bout two miles down 24 when grandpa called

And he said

Hide that truck in the tree line

Be in that blind by sunrise

Neighbor kid said he saw that big 9

Rubbing up against a pine Monday evening

Rut's on, son they'll be chasin'

Be ready but boy, be patient

Make sure y'all shut that gate when you're done

Have a good hunt, and call me if you get one

Hell, call me if you don't

Either way son y'all be safe

And swing by the house on your way home

It's been about fifteen years since we got to go together

But daddy still calls every opening day to talk about the weather

We talk all the way to the lease and it always makes me laugh

'Cause I can tell it riles him up when I tell him he sounds like his dad

When he says

Hide that truck in the tree line

Be in that blind by sunrise

Hope you sighted that gun since the last time

'Cause it was shooting high last season

Rut's on, son they'll be chasin'

Be ready but boy, be patient

Make sure y'all shut that gate when you're done

Have a good hunt, and call me if you get one

Hell, call me if you don't

Either way son be safe

And swing by the house on your way home

I know one day

Now that I have a boy of my own

I'll get to shake his leg

Roll him out of bed and get him ready to go

And we'll hide that truck in the tree line

We'll be in that blind by sunrise

I'll tell him how his grandpa told me all the time

And I'll say it line by line

Rut's on, son they'll be chasin'

Be ready but boy, be patient

I guarantee your grandpa'll be waiting to hear about the hunt