"Better Than The Bottle" lyrics

This mornin', an old runnin' buddy dropped by
It was good to see the clear in his eyes
The coffee was black, but no more cigarettes
Been layin' things down, one habit at a time
Never thought we'd get old, now we're damn sure tryin'
Makin' the most of the time that we have left
We've lived a little harder than the rest

We swore like hell we'd never slow down
Money we'd burn when we'd paint the town
Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow
We were chasin' that high, we had time to borrow
We were out of control, like the James-Younger brothers
We were hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other
So living's been done, and we pulled back on the throttle
Still a vice or two, but they're better than the bottle

Just talkin' and thinkin' on the wilder days
And the friends that we lost, it came back to Jay
We'll never know of the problems that he knew
We were lucky enough to slip on through the cracks
Outrun the devil and the plans that he had
Lookin' back now, back then, there were no regrets
Lived a little harder than the rest

We swore like hell we'd never slow down
Money we'd burn when we'd paint the town
Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow
We were chasin' that high, we had time to borrow
We were out of control, like the James-Younger brothers
We were hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other
So living's been done, and we pulled back on the throttle

Swore like hell we'd never slow down
All the money we'd burn when we'd paint the town
Rollin' like we'd never see tomorrow
We were chasin' that high, we had time to borrow
We were out of control, like the James-Younger brothers
We were hard on ourselves, we were bad for each other
So living's been done, and we pulled back on the throttle
Still a vice or two, but they're better than the bottle

Yeah, we still got a vice or two, but they're better than the bottle
We're better than the bottle