Chesney, Kenny - That's Why I'm Here Lyrics






Well I ain't had nothin' to drink
I knew that's probably what you'd think
If I'd drop by this time of night
Remember way back when
I promised you I'd drop in
At one of those meetings down at the "Y"

They started talkin' about steps you take
Mistakes you make the hearts you break
And the price you pay
I almost walked away

You could hear a pin drop
When this old man
Stood up and said I'm gonna say it again
Like I do every week
For those who don't know me

It's the simple things in life
Like the kids at home and a lovin' wife
That you miss the most, when you lose control
And everything you love starts to disappear
The devil takes your hand and says no fear
Have another shot, just one more beer
Yeah I've been there
That's why I'm here

This old boy stood up in the isle
Said he'd been livin' a life of denial
Then he cried, as he talked about wasted years
I couldn't believe what I heard
It was my life word for word
And all of the sudden, it was clear

It's the simple things in life
Like the kids at home and a lovin' wife
That you miss the most, when you lose control
And everything you love starts to disappear
The devil takes your hand and says no fear
Have another shot, just one more beer
Yeah I've been there
That's why I'm here

I know for us it may be too late
But it would mean the world to me
If you were there when I stand to say

It's the simple things in life
Like the kids at home and a lovin' wife
That you miss the most, when you lose control
And everything you love starts to disappear
The devil takes your hand and says no fear
Have another shot, just one more beer
Yeah I've been there
That's why I'm here

OOH, I've been there
That's why I'm here





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  1. D.... L....

    Booze almost killed me put me in a hospital God I struggled with this poison but I trying to be sober again

  2. C.... C....

    I'm an alcoholic help me

  3. b.... L....

    Whatever if am sad but i don't drink alcohol or not even smoke either.

  4. J.... W....

    Prayers sent my friend !! Stay strong ,!!!

  5. G.... G....

    Like the kids at home and a nagging wife

  6. C.... ....

    Beautiful and emotional song! I am here because of you Kenny!!! Love you so much!💞

  7. M.... C....

    21 years sober and still going strong. Got sober at 24.

  8. L.... S....

    I have been there 36 years sober.

  9. J.... S....

    Just a shade over 13mos sober after 30yrs of alcoholism and I listen this almost daily. Without GOD and AA I would not be here today. One day, one hr, one minute at a time!!!!

  10. A.... G....

    “ it was my life; word for word....” damn. Too real. Makes a hard rock give way to tears....

  11. A.... G....

    I’m still trying to get sober. It’s hard to be vulnerable and I know that I have it in myself to do it, but I keep letting my biggest supporters down and discouragement is a huge factor. I really appreciate the lyrics in this song

    A.... G....

    Adrian Gomez I’m 27 & sober. & good luck

  12. R.... S....

    I have F#@! for many years
    I will always give it to my sister and wife. My sister is the stronger than another woman. I love my wife. My sister knows the hell we went through. I love you Sis. You have always been my rock.

  13. V.... C....

    2019 still a junky

  14. C.... S....

    My dad was a severe alcoholic. My mom ended up leaving and having a baby with another man. It crushed my dad. He turned to pain killers then heroin then fentanyl. He used to play this song when I was a kid. Never really understood how bad he felt until I heard it again, now I'm 24 and sitting in my car crying feeling the same pain he felt.

  15. a.... 1....

    This song makes me tear up every time I hear it. My stepdad was a bad alcoholic for many years. When he got his only DUI my mom gave him an ultimatum ... stop drinking or I'm leaving with the kids. With her support he did it and even sponsored many men and women in their quest to quit. He was sober 27 years. We lost him on his birthday this past July. I was never more proud of anyone.
    I see the comments about people quitting. Be proud of yourselves and never go back. Make the day you quit a special holiday that you and your families can celebrate every year. You are heroes to your families.
    To those who haven't quit or are just starting your new life. Remember, your families are watching and want to be proud of you too. Be the heroes your families want you to be. You can do it!! It's never too late.

    a.... 1....

    a 1 ty & I’m sorry about your dad I’ve been sober since 12/7/18 I’m only 27 I. Did it for personal reasons

  16. t.... s....

    I have been try to get sober since 1999. But after two failed marriages I still can’t do it. I need help. But I have no one left too help me. So I am crying into the stars for help.

  17. S.... N....

    See your Temple 😄

    S.... N....

    My Save ❤

  18. S.... N....

    Kenny's Blessed my Angel 😄😘

  19. J.... S....

    Still listening in November 2019! One of my favorite song ever!

  20. B.... A....

    REMEBER WAY BCk When!,,,

  21. A.... S....

    THIS SONG IS SOOO HARD TO LISTEN TO. BEFORE MY PARENTS GOT DIVORCED....SHE GAVE HIM THE CHOICE....HIS FAMILY OR THE ALCOHOL.....AND UNFORTUNATELY HE CHOSE THE ALCOHOL 😢😢😢😢

  22. R.... F....

    Love this song it give me strength to Carry threw love you kenny

  23. R.... F....

    Love Kenny 💙 music love y'all country music the best

  24. T.... M....

    <3 beautiful song !!!

  25. M.... F....

    Happy holidays good memories and good music

    M.... F....

    Melissa Fridley Merry Christmas

  26. S.... A....

    I used to drink my favorite beer was Miller hight but that's was then this now I'm been sober for long time . God does work mysterious ways.

  27. M.... C....

    Whole bunch of drunks.. ??? Why do they always insist on telling everyone how stupid they are.. ???

  28. c.... t....

    Went two years. Buried a friend this weekend and fell again. Thank God for a loving and supportive wife to help through it. God Bless them all that support us

  29. J.... W....

    I did a couple years in prison and when i got out i went right back to the bull shit. For about a month i got lost in my addiction and seen my self going back to prison. 40 days ago i checked in to a sober living and something clicked. I feel my weeks with groups aa na ha my son and trying to fix everything i fucked up in my 25 years of addiction.

  30. k.... p....

    Thars why iam here 😢

  31. D.... S....

    To anyone suffering addiction and pain ... please try to keep on going and you will be fine. Do it to be alive for your loved ones .

  32. D.... S....

    My song for all time 🙆‍♀️

  33. k.... p....

    Bless your heat always Mr 🌞 kenny

  34. M.... B....

    I've seen this many times on CMT in 1997. And that's the year my dad has been drinking and the alcohol is 5000% and he was aggressive towards me for dialing 1 900 number and I was just needing help with Lufia 2 for the Super NES.

    And now he died on 2000 as a result. Has anyone else have this problem with a drunk parent?

  35. c.... s....

    this song reminds of the promise i made to myself. i lost a friend to alcohol a month and a half before i turned legal drinking age. when i heard what happened. i made this vow. THAT EVEN THOUGH I WOULD LEGAL TO DRINK, I WOULD NEVER TOUCH THE STUFF. i made this vow back in 1996 and i have not broken that vow at all.

  36. S.... R....

    Drugs and alcohol it's all the same just different Demons I've lost it all for my demons. I'm just waiting for the day god calls me home. Then I will have peace

  37. C.... T....

    this song hits hard.I have been there as well.I lost everything.19 yes of marriage.job house.family.all.it's been 3 yes sober now by gods grace.I ended up in a mens shelter got saved baptized and a church everyweek for 3 yes now.do what you can to save you and your relationship.and family.I miss her and kids everyday.but it's gone now.so get straight and keep what God has given you.I learned the hard way.it's gone.

  38. J.... S....

    Wow..lll

  39. k.... p....

    Yes am back 👊 bumps

  40. k.... p....

    Can't get enough of you your pretty Mr 🌞 kenny chesney smiles

  41. k.... p....

    Just s s please

  42. k.... p....

    💘 all you do and sing u r very loved here in tennesee. Mr 🌞

  43. P.... F....

    But I don't know why I'm here, I am so not where i need to be, Why am I so unhappy, I am in a rut i can't seem to pull my self out of, I'm drownings and I'm sober!

  44. H.... ....

    💖💖💖💖💖💓💓💓💓💓💖

  45. H.... ....

    That's Why I'm Here!!!!

  46. L.... P....

    Wish this song was around when i was young, my dad sure needed to hear it

  47. A.... S....

    You could make a wish, or u could make it happen!!! One step at a time...

  48. p.... H....

    How could you not drink when you can’t do anything right... no point to being here!!!

  49. B.... ....

    Loved this song as a kid. I understood the surface depth of it, but now as an adult with an alchoholic cousin, theres things I didnt see didnt understand good whoever's wrote this

  50. J.... S....

    I always hope for sobriety for the one I had to choice but to leave... his actions still impact our children. Alcohol contributes to so much brokenness. I applaud those who have found and embraced a sober life. I wish you all the best. Please pray for my children.

  51. J.... B....

    Bastard! I was fine until you marketed this delicious Blue Chair White Rum!

  52. a.... h....

    finally Kenny sober big and little Kenny that's good

  53. A.... B....

    213 days sober and clean. Feel like I'm alive for the first time.

    A.... B....

    Adam Boughner keep it up

  54. j.... m....

    Prayers and hope to all dealing with addiction. You can do it.

  55. T.... M....

    Unfortunately, I was with a man that was addicted to drinking and cocaine... that was ALWAYS put before me and our children. I stood by him for years, thinking he would change... but, that day never came. So, I had to end the relationship... I pray that someday he will open his eyes and realize there's so much more to life...

  56. A.... E....

    I promised you I’d drop in

  57. T.... R....

    No matter how long we’ve been divorced and no matter how badly it ended, this song will always steal my breath and make my heart skip a beat for the man that he was and for all he lost.

  58. N.... ....

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  59. T.... C....

    This song goes so many ways the devil prays on it all hes an asshole. I suffer bad from depression and anxiety, its lead me back into a drinking habit I got out of years ago. I struggle everyday trying to find the will to not kill myself.

    T.... C....

    I'm so sorry. Praying for you.

  60. D.... L....

    I have my struggles and God knows how much

  61. W.... P....

    26 years through the grace of GOD.

  62. J.... A....

    Lost the love of my life!!

  63. k.... p....

    Bless your heart and soul smiles sunshine kenny smiles may I give you a big xoxo 🌞 kenny chesney you are loved here in tennesee sweety your voice melts my heart and soul kenny smiles thank
    U may God always Bless and protect u kenny voice of a Angel

  64. W.... A....

    Sober sence 2004

  65. l.... ....

    coming up up on 2 years, sober. best time of my life.

  66. R.... W....

    I made 2 years sober April 4

  67. D.... Q....

    December 8th 1980 one day at a time

  68. D.... D....

    Just started treatment and everything is slipping away slowly that I held dear. 😭

  69. M.... S....

    12/05/15 was the day I quit drinking and I enjoying my life and family now and like the new me

  70. D.... W....

    What do u do when u have no one??? No one is there now....great song, but now gonna kill myself......one more shot, just one more beer

  71. C.... ....

    As for Kenny Chesney, this was his "ONE." That one song people never forgot, sung from the heart with such emotion & sincerity. Bravo, beautiful job! Masterpiece from 1997-wow 😌👍

  72. S.... M....

    ❤❤❤💋💋💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💖2019

  73. D.... N....

    I'm here with you now!!! And,I'm staying forever!!! God I love you something "BEAUTIFUL"!!!!

  74. k.... c....

    🙏♥️🙌

  75. C.... F....

    5 years sober no drinking 17 months clean from pills opiates and benzodiazepines. When life gets to me and I get that y not feeling i come here . Makes me remember y not .

  76. G.... ....

    I'm thankful I never got addicted to alcohol. The most I've had is 2 beers. Now though I can't drink cause I take too many medications.

  77. R.... P....

    Been there, 19 yrs of being a Terrible Alcoholic, In and out of jails nearly going to Prison twice In and out of Rehabs and nearly costing me my life I finally fought my battle and Won, 17 yrs Sober now., For those struggling and REALLY want it.... You can do it, Some may just have to go through more pain before they get it, Once you get cleaned up and thinking straight attend meetings daily if you have to, I'd suggest going to Lead meetings then Lead a meeting to remind yourself and warn others before they reach as low as you've been.,
    There's 3 Choices if you continue the path with NO exceptions:
    1>>> Prison
    2>>> Insanity
    3>>> Death

  78. T.... R....

    10/10/13 is my first day of fresh air. Love this song!!!

  79. J.... K....

    30 days sober today sitting in the finest private rehab in the country feeling better than ever...Stay strong my brothers and sisters.

  80. j.... n....

    16 and clean and sober for 7 months from meth, heroin and crack cocaine... this song has been played a lot throughout my childhood and it reminds me why i want/need to stay clean.

  81. M.... M....

    I thought there was a beginning to this with just Kenny talking or am I making that up

  82. J.... H....

    love me some Kenny, great song, always puts it in perspective for those who don't understand addiction.. god bless ~Andrea~

  83. W.... T....

    I'm in recovery now so this song really hits home with me

  84. A.... P....

    this song was made perfect for me.

  85. J.... V....

    love kenny

  86. N.... D....

    Unfortunately that old boy will probably never get to say that to his only daughter, God bless the only granddaughters he has.

  87. C.... B....

    my wife of nine years left me and this song really hits home

  88. C.... B....

    been clean for a week and a half from heroin yay i feel better

  89. S.... K....

    First time I heard i was in rehab at a music therapy group, and cried for the first since getting sober, 3 months sober rn

    S.... K....

    8 months sober now 😁

  90. J.... w....

    Sometimes the only way you can give up something that has control of your life is to ask God for help. He will help you, but you have to mean it from the heart. You can't fool God.

  91. J.... K....

    6 months shy of 3 yrs off meth I love this song

  92. A.... M....

    My mother was an alcoholic all my life. She was sloppy drunk everyday of my childhood. I hated and resented her for it. She got really sick. I had to care for her then Hospice began to take over her care and in 2007 the doctor said 6 months was probably all she had left. In 2011 she went with me to find out the gender of the baby i was told id never have. (Just so happens he turned 7 yesterday) Leaving the Dr office her Dr calls. Shes got cancer. Chemotherapy. Radiation. I had to take her while i was pregnant. She had surgery. She got cancer 2 more times after and beat it both times. She never would completely quit drinking. She moved to Alaska to be with the guy that helped raise me and his family in 2012. She drank even more then. She went in the hospital and was there by herself for 7 days dying. I never got to tell her bye or how much i loved her. I didnt hate her. I wish i could go back and do it over. I love u mom

  93. R.... N....

    2003 thank you i love you Ariel

  94. c.... 2....

    Kids at home and a wife is what you miss the most

  95. A.... K....

    My dad was my super hero when I was young, we owned a two story home in 2000 I was about 3 or 4, he had a printing job and my mom was going to school for dentistry, it was my mom and my brother and I. He drank like his dad, left us even in the house by ourselves to go out and drink. He was so different when he was drinking, he was a great genuine guy sober but one thing left to another we lost our house and we moved to one house to another over the course of years in this hellish state. After 9 years of him being in and out of jail we finally packed our shit when he was in confinement and left. My mom divorced him finally and married a great guy that helped raise us (myself and 3 other siblings) to this day he's had 9 dui's and will probably never get his license back. Ruined everything he had to alcohol. Now to this day my mother is my super hero and cannot believe what she's gone through to raise us. I miss having a father but I know one day drinking will get the best of him...just waiting for that day..

  96. A.... P....

    Tweaker George here. I've been fighting this addiction for to long. Why fight the inevitable... Rehab.. when u lose what little u got and lose family no friends no better half, and just when u thought u could get no lower u here your own cockatiel calling u a tweaker amongst other things. In fact I'm pretty im az most hated. But if u have a heart posts pray that I make it thru rehab which I will be going to in the next few days. God willing I make the 6 month program . And because I love country music and this song is b my graduation speech. May God watch over all of addicts. Sorry mom and dad love all.. your son tweaker George...

  97. L.... G....

    I've came lil over 6 years sober and still goin!! 😄

  98. N.... D....

    Really wasted years that old boy could have been spending with his blood lineage instead of the same....sulfer, gas, flatus.