A boy stands on a little dock
Sun up 'til two o'clock
Catching fish and skipping stones
Now he hears a riverboat bell
Says if I had a riverboat, well
I'd float a million miles from home
Well the boat it hugs round the riverbend
Nothing new for the lone boatman
'Til he sees a wedding on the shore
He thinks with a city job and a good new hat
Well I could find me a woman like that
And tell me who could ask for more
It's everything I want
It's all I need
Lord, ain't that the life
Where every moment never felt so right
I'd give anything I've got to lose
Lord, ain't that the dream
Oh that grass it never looked so green
I could use a mile in those shoes
Oh it must be nice
Ain't that the life
Well the sun it shines on the riverside
The new groom watching his new bride
Steal a dance with her old man
He thinks well I found love, I'm lucky I know
I'd love to find his kind of money though
And live well like her daddy can
It's everything I want
It's all I need
Lord, ain't that the life
Where every moment never felt so right
I'd give anything I've got to lose
Lord, ain't that the dream
Oh that grass it never looked so green
I could use a mile in those shoes
Oh it must be nice
Ain't that the life
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But the rich old man takes a long walk
Right past that little dock
He's got an aching in his bones
He thinks I've got more than most men
But what I wouldn't give to be young again
Catching fish and skipping stones
Lord, ain't that the life
Where every moment never felt so right
I'd give anything I've got to lose
Lord, ain't that the dream
Oh that grass it never looked so green
I could use a mile in those shoes
Oh my Lord ain't that the life
Where every moment never felt so right
I'd give anything I've got to lose
Oh my Lord ain't that the dream
Oh that grass it never looked so green
I could use a mile in those shoes
Oh it must be nice
Ain't that the life
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Ain't that the life
Ain't that the life