Randy Hanzlick, M.D. - Id Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal Lobotomy

      I'D RATHER HAVE A BOTTLE IN FRONT OF ME
(Randy Hanzlick)

[Intro] 
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[Verse 1]
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Jimmy and I were brothers
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We went down different paths
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Jimmy always listened to my mother
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And me, I never like to take a bath
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As we grew and tumbled through adulthood
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The pressure caused emotional drain
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So now I'm slowly dying in the bottle
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and Jimmy has to live with half a brain

[Chorus]
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Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me
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And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy
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Just different ways to kill the pain the same
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But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me
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Than have to have a frontal lobotomy
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I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Jimmy let his troubles drive him crazy
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He never tried to drown it in a drink
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I know that drinking makes my thinking hazy
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But at least I still have brains enough to think
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Jimmy's got a brain that isn't stable
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He doesn't have the sense to say his name
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I'm sorry that his doctor was unable
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To remove the proper portion of his brain

[Chorus]
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Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me
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And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy
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Just different ways to kill the pain the same
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But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me
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Than have to have a frontal lobotomy
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I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane

[Middle]
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Funny how the world works
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People can be real jerks
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Some prefer the tension over booze
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Either way it ends the same
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Hard to beat the living game
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Might as well enjoy it while you lose

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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When I need a drink I start to shiver
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And Jimmy always viewed it with concern
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But I'd rather have cirrhosis of the liver
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Than an intellect that's second to a fern
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I wonder if old Jimmy's gonna hear it
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When I tell him that his logic wasn't sound
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They'll dose him up on lots of evil spirits
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When they take him to the psychiatric grounds

[Chorus]
     F
Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me
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And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy
     D7                                  G
Just different ways to kill the pain the same
        F
But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me
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Than have to have a frontal lobotomy
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I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane
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I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane

[Outro]
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