Couldn't Know (Paw)

The sun beats down on my tan and my well fed body And the fishermen down at the end of the pier Strike a cord of curiosity with their thick lines They caught something big and they asked me, could I lend a hand? Want you to see, what I, what I could not see I want you to know, what I, I could not know They got the webs down underneath her And we started to pull her up As she started to abandon all her children As she got alongside the pier I stared into her one sad eye And I, I began to dream I want you to see, what I, what I could not see I want you to know, what I, what I could not know The most beautiful thing I've ever seen Oh she's staring back at me She was eight feet long and she weighed four hundred twenty pounds And I named all her children in hopes that they'd obtain some degree of her perfection And it will take them all two years to hit the water I want you to see, what I, what I could not see I want you to know, what I, what I could not know The most beautiful thing I've ever seen Oh she's staring back at me Here's the rub She, she's not coming back And that's why, I sing this song I could not know that my that my son I could not see, what I'd become Believe To bring her back To take it away, everything