all my best friends are behind bars

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