All My Best Friends (Are Behind Bars) Lyrics

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

Land a man in jail

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 dull life

Fightin' my 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

And since then, it's all been downhill

Oh yeah, life is 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

That's why all my best friends are behind bars

Jim and Jack, they help me through hard times

Jose and I 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

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