Best Of All Possible Worlds

I was runnin' through the summer rain

Waiting for the evenin' train

To kill that old familiar pain

Weavin' through my tangled brain

When I tipped my bottle back

Smacked into a cop

I didn't see

That policeman said, "Mister CoolIf you ain't drunk, then you're a fool"

I said, "If that's against the lawTell me why I never sawNo man locked in this jail of yoursWasn't just as low down poor as me?"

And that's just when someone turned out the lights

Yes, and I wound up in jail to spend the night

And the dream of all the wine and lonely girls

In this best of all possible worlds

Next mornin' woke up feelin' like

My head was really gone

And like my thick old tongue

Was lickin' something sick and wrong

I said, "I'd sell my soul for somethingAbout as wet and cold as this old cell"

That kindly jailer looked at me

All eaten up with sympathy

Then poured himself another beer

Came and whispered in my ear"If booze was just a dime a bottleBoy, you couldn't even buy the smell"

I said, "I knew there's something I liked about this town"

Oh, but it'll take more than that to bring me down'

Cause there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls

In this best of all possible worlds

Well, they finally came and told me

They was a gonna set me free

And I'd be leavin' town

If I knew what was good for me

I said, "It's nice to learnThat everybody's so concerned about my health"

But I won't be leavin' no more quicker than

I canAnd I've enjoyed about as much of this as

I can stand

And I don't need this town of yours

No more than

I never needed nothin' else"'Cause there's still a lot of drinks that I ain't drunkYes, and lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't thunkOh yeah, there's still a lot of wine and lonely girlsIn this best of all possible worldsIn this best of all possible worldsIn this best of all possible worlds