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
Now the boat it hugs round the riverbend
Nothing new for the lone boatman
'Til he sees a wedding on the shore
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 never looked so green
I could use a mile in those shoes
Oh it must be nice
Ain't that the life
Now the sun shines on the riverside
The new groom watching his new bride
Steal a dance with her old man
He thinks I found love, I'm lucky I know
I'd love to have 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 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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Now the rich old man takes a long walk
Right past that little dock
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 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
Lord, ain't that the dream
Oh that grass never looked so green
I could use a mile in those shoes
Oh it must be nice
Ain't that the life
Mmmmmmmmm
Ain't that the life
Ain't that the life