"Life Gets Away" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black.
It was released in October 1995 as the fifth and final single from Black's album One Emotion.
[2] It was written by Black, Hayden Nicholas and Thom Schuyler.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the production is "lively with an anthemic feel, but the meat of the song is in the undeniable truth of the lyrics: 'Life gets away from us all.
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 14, 1995.