Released: June 10, 2013
Songwriter: Keith Gattis Kenny Chesney
Producer: Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney
[Verse 1]
Well I see the souls of so many friends
And I see us all back here again
With sandy floors and ceiling fans
A Rastafarian one-man band with songs
That fills my memories like a tip jar
Yeah, that's what I see
When I see this bar
[Verse 2]
I see tourists at Christmas time
And I taste beers with a hint of lime
I feel lonely because it's not the same
Different faces and different names
Living like pirates out among the stars
Yeah, that's what I see
When I see this bar
[Chorus]
Pieces of our past slowly slip away
But time just stands still when I walk in this place
[Verse 3]
And I see a kid coming into his own
And a man learning to move on
Somehow trying to find his way
A dreamer betting on blind faith
Chasing that sun and following his heart
Yeah, that's what I see
When I see this bar
[Chorus]
Pieces of our past slowly slip away
But time just stands still when I walk in this place
[Verse 4]
A few have moved on back to Maine
Jacksonville and Key Biscayne
Some are still living the dream
Stuck in still life it seems
No matter where they've been
Or where they are
Yeah, I see them here
When I see this bar
When I see this bar
[Verse 5]
I wonder where we go from here
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
Life isn't over but it's always near
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
I think about all the good times that we had
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
It makes me happy and it makes me sad
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
How could we be so close, now so far apart
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
That's what I feel, that's what I see
Yeah we were living like pirates and want to be stars
That's what I see when I see this bar
[Chorus]
That's what I see when I see this bar
Well I see the souls of so many friends
And I see us all back here again
With sandy floors and ceiling fans
A Rastafarian one-man band with songs
That fills my memories like a tip jar
Yeah, that's what I see
When I see this bar
[Verse 2]
I see tourists at Christmas time
And I taste beers with a hint of lime
I feel lonely because it's not the same
Different faces and different names
Living like pirates out among the stars
Yeah, that's what I see
When I see this bar
[Chorus]
Pieces of our past slowly slip away
But time just stands still when I walk in this place
[Verse 3]
And I see a kid coming into his own
And a man learning to move on
Somehow trying to find his way
A dreamer betting on blind faith
Chasing that sun and following his heart
Yeah, that's what I see
When I see this bar
[Chorus]
Pieces of our past slowly slip away
But time just stands still when I walk in this place
[Verse 4]
A few have moved on back to Maine
Jacksonville and Key Biscayne
Some are still living the dream
Stuck in still life it seems
No matter where they've been
Or where they are
Yeah, I see them here
When I see this bar
When I see this bar
[Verse 5]
I wonder where we go from here
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
Life isn't over but it's always near
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
I think about all the good times that we had
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
It makes me happy and it makes me sad
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
How could we be so close, now so far apart
(That's what I see when I see this bar)
That's what I feel, that's what I see
Yeah we were living like pirates and want to be stars
That's what I see when I see this bar
[Chorus]
That's what I see when I see this bar
more tracks from the album
Live In No Shoes Nation
- The Boys of Fall
- Boston
- Somewhere With You
- Hemingway’s Whiskey
- When I See This Bar
- Happy On The Hey Now (A Song For Kristi)
- Out Last Night
- American Kids
- Flora-Bama
- Save It For A Rainy Day
- Noise
- Big Star (Live)
- Dust on the Bottle
- You and Tequila
- Coastal
- Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
- Down the Road
- Pirate Flag
- No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
- There Goes My Life
- I Go Back
- Anything But Mine
- Old Blue Chair
- Young
- One Step Up
- Guitars and Tiki Bars
- Summertime
- I’m Alive
- The Joker / Three Little Birds
From the albums
- Life on a Rock (2013)
- Live In No Shoes Nation (2017)
Kenny Chesney popular songs
- Get Along
- Better Boat
- American Kids
- Anything But Mine
- Wild Child
- Setting the World on Fire
- When the Sun Goes Down
- Come Over
- All the Pretty Girls
- The Good Stuff
- Tip of My Tongue
- You and Tequila
- Don’t Blink
- Somewhere With You
- I Go Back
- There Goes My Life
- The Boys of Fall
- She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
- Summertime
- Pirate Flag
- Here and Now
- Save It For A Rainy Day
- Ends of the Earth
- Knowing You