I was runnin' through the summer for the evenin' train To kill old familiar pain Weavin' through my tangled When I tipped my bottle Smacked into a cop I see
policeman said, "Mister Cool If you ain't drunk, then a fool" I said, "If against the law Tell me why I saw No man in this jail of yours Wasn't just as low down as me?"
And that's just someone turned out the lights Yes, and I wound up in to spend the night And the dream of all the and lonely girls In this best of all possible
mornin' woke up feelin' like My head was gone And like my thick old Was something sick and wrong I said, "I'd sell my soul for About as wet and cold as old cell"
That kindly jailer at me All eaten up with Then poured himself another Came and in my ear "If booze was just a dime a Boy, you couldn't buy the smell"
I said, "I knew there's I liked about this town" Oh, but take more than that to bring me down 'Cause there's still a lot of wine and lonely In this of all possible worlds
Well, they came 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 everybody's so 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 need this town of yours No more I never needed nothin' else"
'Cause there's a lot of drinks that I ain't drunk Yes, and lots of pretty thoughts that I thunk Oh yeah, there's still a lot of and lonely girls In this of all possible worlds In this best of all worlds In this best of all possible