Kenny Chesney “Rich and Miserable”

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Kenny Chesney's "Rich and Miserable" serves as a much needed reminder to slow down and truly enjoy living.

Country star Kenny Chesney has released “Rich and Miserable” as the third single from his upcoming album Cosmic Hallelujah. The lyric video features the hustle and bustle of New York City and warns against being held hostage by a self-limiting dream.   Kenny followed with an official music video for the song.   Check out and compare the official music video to the lyric video below.

Sometimes we all need a reminder to take breaks from the grind and simply enjoy living in the present.

Rich and Miserable Official Music Video

Enjoy the visually arresting lyric video to Rich and Miserable below!

“This song is very unique for me. I’ve been guilty of letting dreams be my master. I think the idea of me singing this song is me finally letting that go in my life and trying to live in the moment as much as I possibly can,” Chesney said of the track via a video clip posted on Facebook.

The song follows singles “Noise” and “Setting the World on Fire,” off of Cosmic Hallelujah, which will be released on October 28th. Fans can currently pre-order the album via iTunes and receive four tracks immediately, including “Rich and Miserable.”    Check out the lyrics to this tune below.

Rich and Miserable Lyrics

Green grass, help the cows graze, hedgefund 401
Keg and milk and honey in the land of the free
New York Times, Farmer’s Almanac
Too busy to call our mamas
Back porch ain’t what it used to be
We don’t know what we want
But we want it and we want it all right now

We’re too young until we’re too old
We’re all lost on the yellow brick road
We climb the ladder but the ladder just grows
We’re born, we work, we die, it’s spiritual
Enough is never enough
American dream never wakes up
Too much is never too much
We won’t be happy ’til we’re rich and miserable
We won’t be happy ’til we’re rich and miserable

Go to school to get a job
Don’t make enough to pay it off
And on and on it goes
Right wing blue jean, gotta get the new thing
Whatever it takes to make the world look at you, think…

We’re too young until we’re too old
We’re all lost on the yellow brick road
We climb the ladder but the ladder just grows
We’re born, we work, we die, it’s spiritual
Enough is never enough
American dream never wakes up
Too much is never too much
We won’t be happy ’til we’re rich and miserable
We won’t be happy ’til we’re rich and miserable

And maybe we’ll get it
(And maybe we’ll get it)
Maybe we won’t
(Maybe we won’t)
But even when we get it
(But even when we get it)
Really we don’t

We’re too young until we’re too old
We’re all lost on the yellow brick road
We climb the ladder but the ladder just grows
We’re born, we work, we die, it’s spiritual
Enough is never enough
American dream never wakes up
Too much is never too much
We won’t be happy ’til we’re rich and miserable

Come on, get rich and miserable
Come on, get rich and miserable

This song is featured on Kenny’s Cosmic Hallelujah album.

Cosmic Album
photo: Kenny Chesney

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