I was runnin' through the summer for the evenin' train To kill that old familiar through my tangled brain When I tipped my bottle Smacked a cop I didn't see
That policeman said, "Mister If you drunk, then you're a fool" I said, "If that's the law Tell me why I saw No man locked in this of yours just as low down poor as me?"
And that's just when someone out the lights Yes, and I wound up in jail to the night And the dream of all the wine and lonely In this best of all possible
Next mornin' up feelin' like My was really gone And like my thick old 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 eaten up with Then himself another beer Came and in my ear "If booze was a dime a bottle Boy, you even 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 there's still a lot of wine and lonely In this best of all worlds
Well, finally came and told me They was a set me free And I'd be town If I what was good for me I said, "It's nice to That everybody's so 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 this town of yours No more than I never nothin' else"
'Cause there's still a lot of drinks I ain't drunk Yes, and lots of pretty thoughts I ain't thunk Oh yeah, still a lot of wine and lonely girls In this of all possible worlds In this of all possible worlds In this best of all possible