I'd rather be stoned than stray Rather be stray than in love Cause love is the crutch and the broken leg A sober hell when it walks away I'd rather be drunk than damaged Rather my choice than yours So cheers to the fear and the center stage Cause after the encore the high begins to fade And I know all the rules I don't have one good excuse Yours and mine in the rouge Here's to the river of youth Say someone could break you picking The hurt locker there in your chest But god is a cruel kid laughing While the fool's smoking his cigarette Cause even on salvation mountain The closest to heaven you can get It's tough to find grace in this world To last any longer than a body could stand to give And you know all the rules You don't have one good excuse Yours and mine in the rouge Here's to the river of youth Keep me here under the moon Bare in a light that consumes Lost but I will be home soon Here's to the river of youth Here's to the river of youth