I was runnin' the summer rain Waiting for the evenin' To kill old familiar pain Weavin' my tangled brain When I tipped my back Smacked a cop I didn't see
That policeman said, "Mister If you ain't drunk, then a fool" I said, "If that's the law me why I never saw No man locked in this jail of Wasn't just as low 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 possible
Next mornin' woke up feelin' My head was really And my thick old tongue Was lickin' sick and wrong I said, "I'd sell my for something About as wet and cold as old cell"
That kindly looked at me All eaten up with Then poured himself beer and whispered in my ear "If was just a dime a bottle Boy, you couldn't buy the smell"
I said, "I knew there's something I about this town" Oh, but it'll more than that to bring me down 'Cause still a lot of wine and lonely girls In this best of all possible
Well, finally came and told me was a gonna set me free And I'd be town If I knew what was for me I said, "It's to learn everybody's so concerned about my health"
But I won't be leavin' no more than I can And I've enjoyed about as of this as I can stand And I don't need this town of No than I never needed nothin' else"
'Cause there's still a lot of that I ain't drunk Yes, and lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't Oh yeah, there's still a lot of wine and girls In this of all possible worlds In this of all possible worlds In best of all possible worlds