He tied a feather to the hood for to get you to look   And by the time you know what took you, you already took   He's got a line in the water, he's a fisher of men      And he put the thorns on the rose for to get you to bleed   And by the time you know what stuck you, the pain's in deep   He's got a line in the water, he's a fisher of men   He's got a lot on the line, he's a fisher of men      He's a fisher of men, he's wise as a prizefighter   He's like a soul martyr, mining souls on down the great divide   Aw, the fisher of men, fisher of men   He's got a lot on the line      And he put his name in my verses and his name in the hook   Before I knew what I was cooking, it was already cooked   He's got a line in the water, he's a fisher of men      And he put his name in my chorus and the dark before the dawn   So that in my time of weakness, I'd remember it's his song   He's got a line in the water, he's a fisher of men   He's got a lot on the line, he's a fisher of men      He's a fisher of men, he's as wise as a prizefighter   He's like a soul martyr, mining souls on down the great divide   Always a fisher of men, fisher of men   He's got a lot on the line