Lyrics Best of All Possible Worlds - Kris Kristofferson
I
was
runnin′
through
the
summer
rain,
try'n′
to
catch
that
evenin'
train
And
kill
the
old
familiar
pain
weavin'
through
my
tangled
brain
When
I
tipped
my
bottle
back
and
smacked
into
a
cop
I
didn′t
see
That
police
man
said,
"Mister
Cool,
if
you
ain′t
drunk,
then
you're
a
Fool."
I
said,
"If
that′s
against
the
law,
then
tell
me
why
I
never
saw
A
man
locked
in
that
jail
of
yours
who
wasn't
neither
black
or
poor
as
Me?"
Well,
that
was
when
someone
turned
out
the
lights
And
I
wound
up
in
jail
to
spend
the
night
And
dream
of
all
the
wine
and
lonely
girls
In
this
best
of
all
possible
worlds.
Well,
I
woke
up
next
mornin′
feelin'
like
my
head
was
gone
And
like
my
thick
old
tongue
was
lickin′
something
sick
and
wrong
And
I
told
that
man
I'd
sell
my
soul
for
something
wet
and
cold
as
that
Old
cell.
That
kindly
jailer
grinned
at
me,
all
eaten
up
with
sympathy
Then
poured
himself
another
beer
and
came
and
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
something
I
liked
about
this
town."
But
it
takes
more
than
that
to
bring
me
down,
down,
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
learn
that
ev′rybody's
so
concerned
about
my
Health."
(They
were
obsessed
with
it)
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
And
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
And
lots
of
pretty
thoughts
that
I
ain't
thunk
And
lord
there′s
still
so
many
lonely
girls
In
this
best
of
all
possible
worlds.
1 The Lady's Not for Sale
2 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
3 Duvalier's Dream
4 Blame It On the Stones
5 To Beat the Devil
6 Me and Bobby McGee
7 Best of All Possible Worlds
8 The Law Is for Protection of the People
9 Casey's Last Ride
10 Just the Other Side of Nowhere
11 Darby's Castle
12 For the Good Times
13 The Junkie and the Juicehead, Minus Me
14 Shadows of Her Mind
15 Come Sundown
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