Better I Don't Songtext
von Chris Janson

My good buddy asked me, "Buddy, why don′t you drink?"
And I said, "It's probably better I don′t"
He said, "There's a lot of girls in this here bar that we could chase"
I said, "Trust me, it's probably better I don′t
′Cause I used to be an all-nighter, I'm a hell of a back slider
I′ve been around the block more than a time or two
And I can promise you I've drank my weight in booze
And I′ve been known to get on stage in nothing but my boots"

So it's better I don′t, 'cause believe me I will
I get looser than a line on a fishing reel
Dare me don't do, don′t think I won′t
Take it all off, turn it all on
Get buck wild, hell-bent, and stoned
It's better I don′t


Well I was wearing the cuffs, when the warden said, "Just tell me the truth"
And I said, "Sir, it's probably better I don′t"
And I was up on the stand, and the judge said, "Just tell me what happened man"
And I said, "Buddy, it's probably better I don′t, but since you asked
I was mindin' my own business at a hundred and five
I was a county road cruisin' out running the blue lights
I was on the home stretch, I was roundin′ that last curve
Well I ran out of gas and that′s when I learn"

It's better I don′t, 'cause believe me I will
I get looser than a line on a fishing reel
Dare me don′t do, don't think I won′t
Take it all off, turn it all on
Get buck wild, hell-bent, and stoned
It's better I don't

Now there′s things I don′t remember
There's things that I do
But I don′t know the half of what I got into

And it's better I don′t, 'cause believe me I will, yeah
I get looser than a line on your fishing reel
Dare me don′t do, don't think I won't
Take it all off, turn it all on
Get buck wild, hell-bent, and stoned
Drunk dial somebody on the phone
Drink too many beers and drive a Harley home
It′s better I don′t

Yeah, it's better I don′t
Yeah, it's better I don′t