ฟังเพลงThe Best of All Possible Worlds (Live) (Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - March 1990)

The Best of All Possible Worlds (Live|1990 Version) - The Highwaymen

Written by：Kris Kristofferson

I was runnin' through the summer rain

Tryin' to catch the evenin' train

An' kill that old familiar pain

Weavin' through my tangled brain

But when I tipped my bottle back

I smacked into a cop I didn't see

That policeman said mister cool

If you ain't drunk then you're a fool

I said if that's against the law

Tell me why I never saw

A man locked in that jail of yours

Who wasn't just as low down poor as me

Well that was when someone turned out the lights

An' I wound up in jail to spend the night

An' dream of all the wine an' lonely girls

In this best of all possible worlds

Well I woke up next mornin'

Feelin' like my head was gone

An' like my thick old tongue was lickin'

Something sick an' wrong

An' I told that man I'd sell my soul

For somethin' wet an' cold as that old cell

That kindly jailer grinned at me

All eaten up with sympathy

Then poured he self another beer

An' came an' whispered in my ear

If booze was just a dime a bottle boy

You couldn't even buy the smell

I said I knew there was somethin' I liked about this town

But it takes more than that to bring me down

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

In this best of all possible worlds

Well they finally came an' told me

They was a gonna set me free

An' I'd be leavin' town

If I knew what was good for me

I said it's nice to learn

That everybody's so concerned about my health

I said I won't be leavin' no more

Quicker than I can

'Cause I've enjoyed about as much

Of this as I can stand

An' I don't need this town of yours

More than I never needed nothin' else

'Cause there's still a lot of drinks that I ain't drunk

An' lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't thunk

An' Lord there's still so many lonely girls

In this best of all possible worlds