Best Of All Possible Worlds

I was runnin' thru the summer rain,
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 Waiting for the evenin' train
 To kill that old familiar pain
 Weavin' thru my tangled brain
 When I tipped my bottle back and
 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,
 Then tell me why I never saw
 No man locked in this jail of yours
 Who wasn't just as low down poor as me?"
 And that was when someone turned out the lights
 Yes 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
 Next mornin' I woke up feelin' like my head was really gone
 And like my thick old tongue was lickin' something sick and wrong
 I said "I'd sell my soul for something about as wet and cold as this old cell"
 That kindly jailer looked 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"
 Oh but it takes more than that to bring me down
 'Cause there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls
 In this best of all possible worlds
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 Well they finally came and told me they was a gonna set me free
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 And 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"
 But 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 no more than I never needed nothin' else"
 'Cause there's still a lot of drinks that I ain't drunk
 Yes and lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't thunk
 Oh yes there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls
 In this best of all possible worlds
 In this best of all possible worlds
 In this best of all possible worlds