The Best Of All Possible Worlds (Album Version)-Kris Kristofferson

[ti:The Best Of All Possible World] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:The Essential Kris Kristoffers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Best Of All Possible Worlds - Kris Kristofferson [00:02.32]I was runnin' thru the summer rain try'n' to catch that evenin' train [00:09.30]And kill the old familiar pain weavin' thru my tangled brain [00:13.24]When I tipped my bottle back and smacked into a cop I didn't see [00:22.78]That police man said "Mister Cool if you ain't drunk then you're a fool " [00:27.21]I said "If that's against the law then tell me why I never saw [00:31.96]A man locked in that jail of yours who wasn't neither black or poor as me " [00:43.22]Well that was when someone turned out the lights [00:45.28]And I wound up in jail to spend the night [00:47.77]And dream of all the wine and lonely girls [00:51.77]In this best of all possible worlds [00:58.83]Well I woke up next mornin' feelin' like my head was gone [01:03.32]And like my thick old tongue was lickin' something sick and wrong [01:07.69]And I told that man I'd sell my soul for something wet and cold as that old cell [01:14.18]That kindly jailer grinned at me all eaten up with sympathy [01:21.17]Then poured himself another beer and came and whispered in my ear [01:26.22]"If booze was just a dime a bottle boy you couldn't even buy the smell" [01:37.38]I said "I knew there was something I liked about this town " [01:39.88]But it takes more than that to bring me down down down [01:42.12]'Cause there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls [01:47.83]In this best of all possible worlds [01:52.70]Well they finally came and told me they was a gonna set me free [01:57.69]And I'd be leavin' town if I knew what was good for me [02:01.18]I said "It's nice to learn that ev'rybody's so concerned about my health " [02:11.04](They were obsessed with it) [02:12.23]I said "I won't be leavin' no more quicker than I can [02:14.85]'Cause I've enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand [02:19.59]And I don't need this town of yours more than I never needed nothin' else " [02:26.77]'Cause there's still alot of drinks that I ain't drunk [02:31.64]And lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't thunk [02:34.82]And lord there's still so many lonely girls [02:40.13]In this best of all possible worlds