Jimmy and I were brothers

We went down different paths

Jimmy always listened to my mother

And me, I never like to take a bath

As we grew and tumbled through adulthood

The pressure caused emotional drain

So now I'm slowly dying in the bottle

And Jimmy has to live with half a brain

Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me

And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy

Just different ways to kill the pain the same

But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me

Than have to have a frontal lobotomy

I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane

Jimmy let his troubles drive him crazy

He never tried to drown it in a drink

I know that drinking makes my thinking hazy

But at least I still have brains enough to think

Jimmy's got a brain that isn't stable

He doesn't have the sense to say his name

I'm sorry that his doctor was unable

To remove the proper portion of his brain

Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me

And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy

Just different ways to kill the pain the same

But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me

Than have to have a frontal lobotomy

I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane

Funny how the world works

People can be real jerks

Some prefer the tension over booze

Either way it ends the same

Hard to beat the living game

Might as well enjoy it while you lose

When I need a drink I start to shiver

And Jimmy always viewed it with concern

But I'd rather have cirrhosis of the liver

Than an intellect that's second to a fern

I wonder if old Jimmy's gonna hear it

When I tell him that his logic wasn't sound

They'll dose him up on lots of evil spirits

When they take him to the psychiatric grounds

Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me

And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy

Just different ways to kill the pain the same

But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me

Than have to have a frontal lobotomy

I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane

I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane!