Kenny Chesney The Life Lyrics

The Life Lyrics

It was early one mornin', Playa del Carmen

That's when I first met Jose

He had a 12 foot Schooner, a 3 foot cooler

Full of the catch of the day



And he was wrinkled from grinnin'

From all of the sun he had been in

He was barefoot, cerveza in hand

He said gracias senor when I paid him too much for

All of the Snapper he had



Now I told him my friend it ain't nothin'

In the best broken Spanish I knew

I said I make a good livin' back home where I'm from

He smiled and said amigo me too



He said I fish and I play my guitar

I laugh at the bar with my friends

I go home to my wife, I pray every night

I can do it all over again



Somewhere over Texas I thought of my Lexus

And all the stuff I work so hard for

And all the things that I've gathered from climbing that ladder

Didn't make much sense anymore



They say my nest egg ain't ready to hatch yet

They keep holding my feet to the fire

They call it paying the price so that one day in life

I'll have what I need to retire



And just fish and play my guitar

And laugh at the bar with my friends

Go home to my wife and pray every night

I can do it all over again



And to think that I thought for a while there that I had it made

When the truth is I'm really just dying to live like Jose



And just fish, play my guitar

And laugh at the bar with my friends

Go home to my wife and pray every night

I can do it all over again



Wouldn't that be the life?

Wouldn't that be the life?