We Just Call it Camp - Michael B. Crittenden          ©2001 Mackinaw Harvest Music(BMI)

 

Luther said to Beatrice, "I'm gonna head up to the store"

He was out of bait and could hardly wait      to get him some more

Vacationing up on the edge of Lake Manistique

Beatrice didn't mind that Luther was a walleye freak (she like eating it)

 

Luther bought 2 dozen crawlers and was headed out the door

Saw a man sitting there, whittlin on the front porch

Looked like he'd been cutting wood or out trapping furs

Held out his hand and said "Name's Lee Wood's…what's yours?"(Luther Berry, pleasure to meet ya)

 

Well, they got to talking and it kinda seemed like    they'd met before

Sittin there telling fishin stories out front of the store

he said Luke, you probably know where to find all the fish

Luther just cracked a grin and said "don't I wish" (well, come on, I'll show ya)

 

Rest of that summer they'd go fishin every day

Lee said "Luke, maybe you and Bea should find a way to stay"

I've got this piece of property I think that you might like

I'll trade ya for a hundred bucks and a stringer full of pike

 

16 by 24 sittin on cement

the pellet stove is pretty nice even though the stack is bent

I framed in the walls and  tacked up some plywood

covered it with tar paper and caulk and called it good

If ya get a fire burning hot it doesn't seem so damp

Some say it's my house, but I just call it camp (it's all yours, Luke!)

 

Well Luke and Bea were pleased as punch with the 7-acre plot

They closed the shop and headed north every chance that they got

They'd go there in the summer and in the fall to hunt for deer

Sometimes Luke would go just with his sons and split a case of beer (or 2 o 3)

 

16 by 24 sittin on cement

the pellet stove is pretty nice even though the stack is bent

Framing in the walls and we're tackin up plywood

cover it with tar paper and caulk and call it good

We'll get a fire burning so it doesn’t feel so damp

Some say it's a cabin, but we just call it camp

 

handed down through  generations - now it's our place

On fishin trips and hunting time     it's our home base

The girls, well they don't like it much because it's kind of crude

But we all say, "come on honey, we can walk around in the nude" (come on, it'll be fun)

 

16 by 24 sinking in the sand

You'll think the outhouse is real nice as long as you’re a man

Frame in the walls and  tack up some plywood

cover it with tar paper and caulk and call it good

We're trading in electric for a propane stove and lamp

Some say it's a cabin, but we just call it camp

 

If you wanna buy a camp you need some coin you understand

Two thousand and One you will find you'd have to give bout 50 Grand

Back in '39 before the land was cut and lumbered

If you were Luther Berry you catch some fish and get it for about a hundred