I was runnin' through the summer Waiting for the evenin' To kill old familiar pain Weavin' through my brain When I my bottle back Smacked a cop I didn't see
That said, "Mister Cool 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 someone out the lights Yes, and I wound up in jail to spend the And the dream of all the wine and lonely In best of all possible worlds
Next mornin' woke up like My was really gone And like my old tongue Was lickin' sick and wrong I said, "I'd sell my for something as wet and cold as this old cell"
That kindly jailer at me All up with sympathy Then poured himself beer and whispered in my ear "If booze was just a a bottle Boy, you even buy the smell"
I said, "I knew there's something I liked this town" Oh, but it'll take more that to bring me down 'Cause there's a lot of wine and lonely girls In best of all possible worlds
Well, they came and told me They was a gonna set me And I'd be leavin' If I what was good for me I said, "It's to learn That everybody's so about my health"
But I won't be leavin' no quicker than I can And I've enjoyed about as of this as I can stand And I don't need this of yours No more than I needed nothin' else"
'Cause still a lot of drinks 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 best of all worlds In this best of all worlds In best of all possible worlds