| Philosophers and poets
|
| And songwriters, too
|
| Have told stories through the ages
|
| About what friends can do to you
|
| Their envy and betrayal
|
| Can drive a man to drink
|
| It can land a man in jail
|
| And that is why I think
|
| All my best friends are behind bars
|
| Sometimes, we take things a bit too far
|
| I don’t mean they’re bad men
|
| Please don’t take it wrong when I say
|
| All my best friends are behind bars
|
| I’ve spent the better part of my adult life
|
| Fightin' with best friends and arguin' with wives
|
| And tryin' to convince some judge I’m just misunderstood
|
| Then a bartender showed me the secret to life
|
| Was a smooth sippin whiskey and a handful of ice
|
| Since then, it’s been downhill life’s been good
|
| That’s why all my best friends are behind bars
|
| Sometimes, we take things a bit too far
|
| But most of them are top shelf
|
| Which makes me a little higher my own self and that’s why
|
| All my best friends are behind bars
|
| Jim and Jack, help me through hard times
|
| Jose and I, we party till sunrise
|
| Johnny Walker helps me walk the line
|
| That’s why all my best friends are behind bars
|
| Sometimes, we take things a bit too far
|
| But most of them are top shelf
|
| Which makes me a little higher my own self and that’s why
|
| All my best friends are behind bars
|
| I don’t mean they’re bad men
|
| Please don’t take it wrong when
|
| I say all my best friends are behind bars |