I was through the summer rain Waiting for the evenin' To kill that old familiar Weavin' through my brain When I tipped my back into a cop I didn't see
That policeman said, "Mister If you ain't drunk, you're a fool" I said, "If against 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 someone turned out the Yes, and I wound up in jail to spend the And the of all the wine and lonely girls In this best of all worlds
Next woke up feelin' like My head was gone And like my old tongue Was lickin' something and wrong I said, "I'd sell my soul for About as wet and as this old cell"
kindly jailer looked at me All up with sympathy Then poured himself beer and whispered in my ear "If booze was just a a bottle Boy, you couldn't 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 this best of all possible
Well, they finally and told me They was a gonna set me And I'd be leavin' If I knew what was for me I said, "It's nice to That so concerned about my health"
But I won't be leavin' no more quicker I can And I've about as much of this as I can stand And I don't need this town of No more than I never nothin' else"
'Cause there's still a lot of drinks that I ain't Yes, and lots of thoughts that I ain't thunk Oh yeah, there's still a lot of wine and girls In this best of all worlds In best of all possible worlds In this best of all worlds