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Intro

(Verse I)

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

(Chorus)

 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

Instrumental

(Verse II)

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

(Chorus)

 And just fish, and play my guitar,

Laugh at the bar with my friends,

Go home to my wife

And pray every night,

I can do it all over again

(Bridge)

 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

(Chorus)

Single Downward Strums

 And just fish

Play my guitar

Laugh at the bar with my friends

Go home to my wife

Pray every night

I can do it all over again

Instrumental

,,,, until end.

Wouldn’t that be the life?

Wouldn’t that be the life?