He has run the water   Now 15 years   Ruling the structure   And ruling the piers   Beautiful and silent   As he tends his mighty shore   But now he's caught and    Released to heaven's door      See you on the flip slide, Mr. Bass   Though your passing makes me so damn mad   I will cry more for you than when John Lennon passed   Oh, I see you on the flip side Mr. Bass      Big and strong as a fish can come   Bad news for your laughs   Leans up against a stump all day   Like a superstar of Hollywood pass   He ain’t scared of nothin’   He killed an alligator with his fin   But a virus is what finally done him in      See you on the flip slide, Mr. Bass   Though your passing makes me so damn mad   I will cry more for you than when John Lennon passed   Oh, I see you on the flip side Mr. Bass      So, good-bye, Mr. Bass   May you rest in peace   Too bad that God   Don’t do catch and release   You’re goin’ to that great big   Live well in the sky   Filled with water that   Fell from Gods own eyes      See you on the flip slide, Mr. Bass   Though your passing makes me so damn mad   I will cry more for you than when John Lennon passed   Oh, I see you on the flip side Mr. Bass