"The Life" lyrics - KENNY CHESNEY

It was early one mornin', Playa del Carmen
That's when I first met Jose
He had a twelve foot Schooner, a three 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 climbin' that ladder
Didn't make much sense anymore

They say my nest egg ain't ready to hatch yet
They keep holdin' my feet to the fire
They call it payin' 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
And 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 dyin', to live like Jose

And just fish, play my guitar
And laugh at the bar with my friends
Go home to my wife, pray every night
I can do it all over again

Wouldn't that be the life
Wouldn't that be the life