Randy Hanzlick - I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me lyrics

rate me

Jimmy and I were brothers.<br />

We went down different paths.<br />

Jimmy always listened to my mother,<br />

And me, I never like to take a bath.<br />

<br />

As we grew and tumbled through adulthood<br />

The pressure caused emotional drain.<br />

So now I'm slowly dying in the bottle<br />

and Jimmy has to live with half a brain.<br />

<br />

Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me,<br />

And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy.<br />

Just different ways to kill the pain the same.<br />

<br />

But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me,<br />

Than have to have a frontal lobotomy.<br />

I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane.<br />

<br />

Jimmy let his troubles drive him crazy.<br />

He never tried to drown it in a drink.<br />

I know that drinking makes my thinking hazy,<br />

But at least I still have brains enough to think.<br />

<br />

Jimmy's got a brain that isn't stable.<br />

He doesn't have the sense to say his name.<br />

I'm sorry that his doctor was unable<br />

To remove the proper portion of his brain.<br />

<br />

Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me,<br />

And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy.<br />

Just different ways to kill the pain the same.<br />

<br />

But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me,<br />

Than have to have a frontal lobotomy.<br />

I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane.<br />

<br />

Funny how the world works.<br />

People can be real jerks.<br />

Some prefer the tension over booze.<br />

<br />

Either way it ends the same.<br />

Hard to beat the living game.<br />

Might as well enjoy it while you lose.<br />

<br />

When I need a drink I start to shiver<br />

And Jimmy always viewed it with concern.<br />

But I'd rather have cirrhosis of the liver<br />

Than an intellect that's second to a fern.<br />

<br />

I wonder if old Jimmy's gonna hear it<br />

When I tell him that his logic wasn't sound.<br />

They'll dose him up on lots of evil spirits<br />

When they take him to the psychiatric grounds.<br />

<br />

Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me,<br />

And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy.<br />

Just different ways to kill the pain the same.<br />

<br />

But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me,<br />

Than have to have a frontal lobotomy.<br />

I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane.<br />

I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane!