I was through the summer rain Waiting for the train To kill that old pain Weavin' my tangled brain When I tipped my back Smacked into a cop I see
That policeman said, "Mister If you drunk, then you're a fool" I said, "If that's the law me why I never saw No man locked in jail of yours Wasn't as low down poor as me?"
And that's just when turned out the lights Yes, and I wound up in to spend the night And the dream of all the wine and lonely In this best of all worlds
Next mornin' up feelin' like My was really gone And like my thick old Was lickin' something and wrong I said, "I'd sell my soul for About as wet and cold as old cell"
That jailer looked at me All eaten up with Then poured himself another and whispered in my ear "If booze was just a dime a Boy, you even buy the smell"
I said, "I knew there's something I liked this town" Oh, but it'll take more than that to me down 'Cause there's still a lot of wine and lonely In this best of all worlds
Well, they finally and told me was a gonna set me free And I'd be leavin' If I what was good for me I said, "It's to learn everybody's so concerned about my health"
But I won't be no more quicker than I can And I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can And I don't need this of yours No more than I never nothin' else"
'Cause there's a lot of drinks that I ain't drunk Yes, and of pretty thoughts that I ain't thunk Oh yeah, there's still a lot of and lonely girls In this of all possible worlds In this best of all possible In best of all possible worlds