Released: April 23, 2002
Songwriter: David Lowe Cole Deggs Chris Bain
Producer: Norro Wilson Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney
[Verse 1]
Saw him sitting on a sidewalk in Fresno
Braided hair and a tie-dyed t-shirt on
Talking to himself about Vietnam
About the tour he did and the deal he got
He said this world isn't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else, I'd tell you where I'd be
[Chorus]
I'd be rolling on a river with Credence
Stealing kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on a Panama beach
In the spring of '72
I'd be wasting away on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again
[Verse 2]
Saw him working the counter at Walgreen's
With a new haircut and a Bachelor's Degree
Talking to himself about his raw deal
Cursing Uncle Sam and the GI bill
He said This world isn't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else, I'd tell you where I'd be
[Chorus]
I'd be rolling on a river with Credence
Stealing kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on a Panama beach
In the spring of '72
I'd be wasting away on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again
[Bridge]
He said This world isn't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else, I'd tell you where I'd be
[Chorus]
I'd be rolling on a river with Credence
Stealing kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on a Panama beach
In the spring of '72
I'd be wasting away on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again
Saw him sitting on a sidewalk in Fresno
Braided hair and a tie-dyed t-shirt on
Talking to himself about Vietnam
About the tour he did and the deal he got
He said this world isn't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else, I'd tell you where I'd be
[Chorus]
I'd be rolling on a river with Credence
Stealing kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on a Panama beach
In the spring of '72
I'd be wasting away on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again
[Verse 2]
Saw him working the counter at Walgreen's
With a new haircut and a Bachelor's Degree
Talking to himself about his raw deal
Cursing Uncle Sam and the GI bill
He said This world isn't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else, I'd tell you where I'd be
[Chorus]
I'd be rolling on a river with Credence
Stealing kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on a Panama beach
In the spring of '72
I'd be wasting away on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again
[Bridge]
He said This world isn't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else, I'd tell you where I'd be
[Chorus]
I'd be rolling on a river with Credence
Stealing kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on a Panama beach
In the spring of '72
I'd be wasting away on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again
more tracks from the album
When the Sun Goes Down
- When the Sun Goes Down
- Marina Del Rey
- Come Monday
- I Wonder Do You Think of Me
- I’m On Fire
- Please Come To Boston
- Live Those Songs
- Old Blue Chair
- Outta Here
- Being Drunk’s A Lot Like Loving You
- When I Think About Leaving
- Keg In The Closet
- Anything But Mine
- Some People Change
- The Woman With You
- I Go Back
- There Goes My Life
- What I Need To Do
- I Always Get Lucky With You
From the albums
- No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002)
- When the Sun Goes Down (2004)
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