[00:16.05]I was runnin' thru the summer rain,
[00:18.23]Waiting for the evenin' train
[00:19.95]To kill that old familiar pain
[00:21.83]Weavin' thru my tangled brain
[00:23.75]When i tipped my bottle back and
[00:25.51]Smacked into a cop i didn't see
[00:30.92]That policeman said "mister cool,
[00:32.81]If you ain't drunk, then you're a fool"
[00:34.66]I said "if that's against the law,
[00:36.26]Then tell me why i never saw
[00:38.26]No man locked in this jail of yours
[00:39.92]Who wasn't just as low down poor as me?"
[00:44.03]And that was when someone turned out the lights
[00:47.28]Yes and i wound up in jail to spend the night
[00:50.96]And dream of all the wine and lonely girls
[00:54.63]In this best of all possible worlds
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[01:00.34]Next mornin' i woke up feelin' like my head was really gone
[01:03.84]And like my thick old tongue was lickin' something sick and wrong
[01:07.36]I said "i'd sell my soul for something about as wet and cold as this old cell"
[01:14.62]That kindly jailer looked at me, all eaten up with sympathy
[01:18.20]Then poured himself another beer and came and whispered in my ear
[01:21.78]"if booze was just a dime a bottle boy, you couldn't even buy the smell"
[01:26.88]I said "i knew there was something i liked about this town"
[01:30.62]Oh but it takes more than that to bring me down
[01:34.25]'cause there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls
[01:37.78]In this best of all possible worlds
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[02:11.99]Well they finally came and told me they was a gonna set me free
[02:15.48]And i'd be leavin' town if i knew what was good for me
[02:19.06]I said "it's nice to learn that everybody's so concerned about my health"
[02:26.17]But i won't be leavin' no more quicker than i can
[02:29.72]'cause i've enjoyed about as much of this as i can stand
[02:33.32]And i don't need this town of yours no more than i never needed nothin' else"
[02:38.81]'cause there's still a lot of drinks that i ain't drunk
[02:42.05]Yes and lots of pretty thoughts that i ain't thunk
[02:45.25]Oh yes there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls
[02:49.19]In this best of all possible worlds
[02:52.83]In this best of all possible worlds
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