Best of All Possible Worlds-Kris Kristofferson

[ti:Best of All Possible Worlds] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Best of All Possible Worlds - Kris Kristofferson [00:02.18]Written by：Kris Kristofferson/Bergen White [00:04.36]I was runnin' through the summer rain [00:07.05]Tryin' to catch the evenin' train [00:09.01]An' kill that old familiar pain [00:11.61]Weavin' through my tangled brain [00:13.67]But when I tipped my bottle back [00:15.78]I smacked into a cop I didn't see [00:22.33]That policeman said mister cool [00:24.84]If you ain't drunk then you're a fool [00:27.08]I said if that's against the law [00:29.41]Then tell me why I never saw [00:31.58]A man locked in that jail of yours [00:33.85]Who wasn't just as low down poor as me [00:38.27]Well that was when someone turned out the lights [00:42.74]An' I wound up in jail to spend the night [00:47.14]An' dream of all the wine an' lonely girls [00:51.55]In this best of all possible worlds [00:58.55]Well I woke up next mornin' [01:00.64]Feelin' like my head was gone [01:03.23]An' like my thick old tongue was lickin' [01:05.72]Something sick an' wrong [01:07.63]An' I told that man I'd sell my soul [01:10.03]For somethin' wet an' cold as that old cell [01:16.64]That kindly jailer grinned at me [01:19.02]All eaten up with sympathy [01:21.20]Then poured he self another beer [01:23.48]An' came an' whispered in my ear [01:25.81]If booze was just a dime a bottle boy [01:28.47]You couldn't even buy the smell [01:32.37]I said I knew there was somethin' I liked about this town [01:36.92]But it takes more than that to bring me down down down [01:41.19]'Cause there's still a lot of wine an' lonely girls [01:45.75]In this best of all possible worlds [01:52.50]Well they finally came an' told me [01:54.72]They was a gonna set me free [01:57.21]An' I'd be leavin' town [01:58.96]If I knew what was good for me [02:01.69]I said it's nice to learn [02:03.43]That everybody's so concerned about my health [02:10.35]I said I won't be leavin' no more [02:13.32]Quicker than I can [02:15.15]'Cause I've enjoyed about as much [02:17.55]Of this as I can stand [02:19.79]An' I don't need this town of yours [02:22.02]More than I never needed nothin' else [02:26.56]'Cause there's still a lot of drinks that I ain't drunk [02:30.95]An' lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't thunk [02:35.54]An' lord there's still so many lonely girls [02:39.88]In this best of all possible worlds