Kenny Chesney released Better Boat in 2018 as a track on his “Songs for the Saints” album.
About the song Chesney stated, “Of all the songs on there, ‘Better Boat,’ I think really captures the emotion of that moment – and the months following. There’s an acceptance it takes to face those challenges and that uncertainty,” he explains in a press release about the song’s connection to his experience. “The lyric has that line, ‘I ride the waves I can’t control …’ And that’s exactly how this was, and in some ways, still is.”
Kenny Chesney’s Better Boat featured Mindy Smith. Listen to the song, watch the story behind the song and check out the lyrics below.
Kenny Chesney Better Boat Music Video
Story Behind the Better Boat Song
The lyrics for “Better Boat” were written by Liz Rose and Travis Meadows.
Better Boat Lyrics
I ain’t lonely, but I spend a lot of time alone
More than I’d like to, but I’m okay with stayin’ home
My how the last few months have changed
I’m smilin’ more despite the pain
I breathe in, I breathe out
Got friends to call who let me talk about
What ain’t workin’, what’s still hurtin’
All the things I feel like cussin’ out
Now and then I let it go, I ride the waves I can’t control
I’m learnin’ how to build a better boat
I hate waitin’, ain’t no patience in these hands
I’m not complainin’, sometimes it’s hard to change a man
I think I’m stronger than I was
I let God do what he does
I breathe in, I breathe out
Got friends to call who let me talk about
What ain’t workin’, what’s still hurtin’
All the things I feel like cussin’ out
Now and then I let it go, I ride the waves I can’t control
I’m learnin’ how to build a better boat
I breathe in, I breathe out
Got friends to call who let me talk about
What ain’t workin’, what’s still hurtin’
All the things I feel like cussin’ out
Now and then I let it go, I ride the waves I can’t control
If it’s workin’, I don’t know, when I get done the thing may not float
But I’m learnin’ how to build a better boat
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