"Not Having You Around" lyrics

I've done my share of drinking
I knew every bar in town
You were probably thinking
I'd be long gone by now

But I'm stronger than I used to be
Nothing like the younger me
You put my feet back on the ground
If something's gonna kill me
It'd be not having you around

It's coffee now for breakfast
No more whiskey on my breath
When you said you were leaving
Girl, that scared me to death

Oh, my life flashed before my eyes
The words you spoke cut like a knife
It helped me put that bottle down
If something's gonna kill me
It'd be not having you around

You've given me a sense of place
If I couldn't see your smiling face
Go on and put me in the ground
If something's gonna kill me
It'd be not having you around
If something's gonna kill me
It'd be not having you around