[Verse 1]
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It was early one mornin'
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Playa del Carmen
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That's when I first met Jose
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He had a 12 foot Schooner
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A 3 foot cooler
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Full of the catch of the day
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And he was wrinkled from grinnin'
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From all of the sun he had been in
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He was barefoot, cerveza in hand
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He said "Gracias senor", when I paid him too much for
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All of the Snapper he had
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Now I told him my friend it ain't nothin'
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In the best broken Spanish I knew
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I said I make a good livin'
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Back home where I'm from
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He smiled and said Amigo me too
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[Chorus]
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He said I fish and I play my guitar
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I laugh at the bar with my friends
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I go home to my wife
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I pray every night
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I can do it all over again
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[Verse 2]
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Somewhere over Texas
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I thought of my Lexus
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And all the stuff I work so hard for
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And all the things that I've gathered
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From climbing that ladder
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Didn't make much sense anymore
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They say my nest egg ain't ready to hatch yet
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They keep holding my feet to the fire
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They call it paying the price
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So that one day in life
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I'll have what I need to retire
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[Chorus]
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And just fish
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And play my guitar
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And laugh at the bar with my friends
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And go home to my wife
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And pray every night
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I can do it all over again
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And to think that I thought for a while there that I had it made
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When the truth is I'm really just dying
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To live like Jose
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And just fish
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Play my guitar
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Laugh at the bar with my friends
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Go home to my wife
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Pray every night
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I can do it all over again
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Wouldn't that be the life?
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Wouldn't that be the life?
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The Life
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| Kenny Chesney |
