i ve done a lot of laughing and a little bit of crying i ve been a lot of places and ive got a mess of friends i got married to a bottle it gave me bad loving yeah if i could re live all my days changing my ways i d not touch a drop again by the devil i was tempted and many jugs i ve emptied i felt so rejected i didn t wanna go astray half my life s been wasted by the booze i ve tasted but the demon i have faced it and sent him on his way i hope i ll be forgiven for all my bad livin i had to make some changes or hed have got me in the end now i have a pretty woman she gives me good lovin yeah i can t re live all my days in a different way but i won t go astray again by the devil i was tempted and many jugs i ve emptied i felt so rejected i didn t wanna go astray half my life s been wasted by the booze i ve tasted but the demon i have faced it and sent him on his way repeat chorus repeat chorus and fade out1