Kris Kristofferson - The Best Of All Possible Worlds Lyrics
I was runnin thru the summer rain, tryn to catch that evenin trainAnd kill the old familiar pain weavin thru my tangled brainWhen I tipped my bottle back and smacked into a cop I didnt seeThat police man said, mister cool, if you aint drunk, then youre aFool.I said, if thats against the law, then tell me why I never sawA man locked in that jail of yours who wasnt neither black or poor asMe?Well, that was when someone turned out the lightsAnd I wound up in jail to spend the nightAnd dream of all the wine and lonely girlsIn this best of all possible worlds.Well, I woke up next mornin feelin like my head was goneAnd like my thick old tongue was lickin something sick and wrongAnd I told that man Id sell my soul for something wet and cold as thatOld cell.That kindly jailer grinned at me, all eaten up with sympathyThen poured himself another beer and came and whispered in my ear,If booze was just a dime a bottle boy, you couldnt even buy the smellI said, I knew there was something I liked about this town.But it takes more than that to bring me down, down, down.cause theres still a lot of wine and lonely girlsIn this best of all possible worldsWell, they finally came and told me they was a gonna set me freeAnd Id be leavin town if I knew what was good for meI said, its nice to learn that evrybodys so concerned about myHealth.(they were obsessed with it)I said, I wont be leavin no more quicker than I cancause Ive enjoyed about as much of this as I can standAnd I dont need this town of yours more than I never needed nothinElse.cause theres still alot of drinks that I aint drunkAnd lots of pretty thoughts that I aint thunkAnd lord theres still so many lonely girlsIn this best of all possible worlds.
