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 nothin' 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 county road cruisin' out runnin' 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 learned 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 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