The Best of All Possible Worlds
Roger Miller

I was runnin' through the summer rain

Tryin' to catch that evenin' train

And 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, Mr. Cool

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

I said, Well, if that's against the law

Then tell me why I never saw

A man locked in that jail of yours

That wouldn't just as lowdown 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 morning

Feelin' like my head was gone

And like my thick old tongue

Was lickin' somethin' sick and long

And I told that man I'd sell my soul

For somethin' wet and cold in that old cell


Well, that kindly jailer just grinned at me

All eaten up with sympathy

Then he poured himself another beer

And he came and whispered in my ear

That booze was just a dime a bottle

Boy, you couldn't even buy the smell



I said, I knew there was somethin' I liked bout this town

But it takes more than that to bring me down, down, down, down

But there's a lot of wine and lonely girls

In this best of all possible worlds


Well, they finally came and they told me

They was a gonna set me free

And that 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 fastly 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 there's lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't thought, oh yeah

And Lord, there's still so many lonely girls

In this best of all possible worlds


Well, step right up to the wild [Incomprehensible]

[Incomprehensible] to the young

Step back, step back [Incomprehensible]

[Incomprehensible]


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  (and You Had A) Do-Wacka-Do   12Th Of Never   A Heartache For A Keepsake   A Million Years Or So   A WORLD I CAN'T LIVE IN   A WORLD I CAN'T LIVE IN   A World So Full Of Love   Absence   Ain't That Fine   Ain't That Fine   ALL FALL DOWN   All I Love Is You   Arkansas   As Long As There's A Shadow   AS LONG AS THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A SHADOW   As Long As Thereâ??s A Shadow   Atta Boy Girl   Baby Me Baby   Best Of All Possible Worlds   Big Harlan Taylor   Billy Bayou   Boeing Boeing 707   Burma Shave   Burning Bridges   But I Love You More   By The Time I Get To Phoenix   CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU   Can't Stop Loving You   Cant Roller ScateIn A Buffalo Herd   Chug a Lug   Chug-A-Lug   Chug-A-Lug - Roger Miller   Chugalug   Colonel Maggie   Country Girl   CRYSTAL DAY   Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit   DAD BLAME ANYTHING A MAN CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T QU...   Dad Blame Anything A Man Canâ??t Quit   Dang Me   Darby's Castle   Darby's Castle   Dark Side Of The Moon   Days Of Our Wives   Dear Heart   Disco Man   Do Wacka Do   Do You Wanna Go To Heaven   Do-Wacka-Do   Don't We All Have The Right   Don't We All Have the Right to Be Wrong   DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT   Don't We All Have The Right   Engine #9   Engine Engine   Engine Engine #9   Engine Engine No.9   Engine, Engine #9   Engine, Engine No. 9   ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE   England Swing   England Swings   Every Which A Way   EVERY WHICH-A-WAY   EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'   Everybody's Talkin'   Everything's Coming Up Roses   Everything's Coming Up Roses   Everythings Coming Up Roses   Fair Swiss Maiden   Feel Of Me   Footprints In The Snow   Fraulein   Freedom   Gentle On My Mind   Good Old Days   GOT 2 AGAIN   Got Two Again   Green Green Grass Of Home   Guv'ment   GUV\u00e2\u20ac\u2122MENT   Guvâ??ment   Half A Mind   Hand For The Hog   Hard Headed Me   Heartaches By The Number   Heartbreak Hotel   Hey Good Lookin'   Hey Good Lookin'   Hey Little Star   Hey Would You Hold It Down   HITCH-HIKER   Hitchhiker   Home   Honey   Husbands And Wives   Husbands and Wives [*]   Husbands and Wives [New Stereo Recording]   I Ain't Comin' Home Tonight   I Ain't Coming Home Tonight   I Ain't Gonna Work No More   I AIN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T COMING HOME TONIGHT   I AIN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T GONNA WORK NO MORE   I Ain't Coming Home Tonight   I Ain't Gonna Work No More   I Aint Never   I Believe In The Sunshine   I Catch Myself Crying   I Get Up Early In The Morning   I KNOW WHO IT IS   I Love A Rodeo   I Wish I Could Fall In Love Today   I'd Come Back To Me   I'LL BE SOMEWHERE   I'll Pick Up My Heart & Go Home   I'll Pick Up My Heart And Go Home   I'm Gonna Teach My Heart To Bend   I've Been a Long Time Leavin (But I'll Be a Long T...   I've Been A Long Time Leavin'   I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME LEAVIN' (But I'll Be A Long ...   I've Been a Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be a Long ...   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122D COME BACK TO ME   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122LL PICK UP MY HEART AND GO HOME   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M GONNA TEACH MY HEART TO BEND   I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122VE GOTTEN USED TO THE CRYIN\u00...   I'll Be Somewhere   I'll Pick Up My Heart & Go Home   I'm Gonna Teach My Heart To Bend   I've Been A Long Time Leavin'   Iâ??d Come Back To Me   If I Ever Fall In Love   If You Want Me To   In The Summertime   In The Summertime (you Don't Want My Love)   Indian Giver   Invitation To The Blues   It Happened Just That Way   It Takes All Kinds To Make A World   IT'S A MIRACLE THAT YOU'RE MINE   It's A Miracle That You're Mine   Jason Fleming   Jimmy Brown The Newsboy   Jody And The Kid   Kansas City Star   King Of The Road   Lady America   Last Word In Lonesome Is Me   Leavin's Not The Only Way To Go   Leavinâ??s Not The Only Way To Go   Less And Less   Less and Less [#]   Less Of Me   Little Green Apples   Little Green Apples (1968)   LITTLE TOY TRAINS   Lock, Stock and Teardrops   Lock, Stock, And Teardrops   Lou's Got The Flu   LOU\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S GOT THE FLU   Louâ??s Got The Flu   Love Is Not For Me   Loving Her Was Easier   Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do ...   Loving You Is Always On My Mind   MAMA USED TO LOVED ME BUT SHE DIED   Me And Bobbie McGee   Me And Bobby Mcgee   Meanwhile Back In Abilene   Million Years Or So   Moon Is High   Muddy Water   My Ears Should Burn   My Ears Should Burn (when Fools Are Talked About)   My Elusive Dreams   My Pillow   My Uncle Used To Love But She Died   My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died   My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died (1966)   Mystery Train   Na-Nominee   Not In Nottingham   Nothing Can Stop My Love   Oklahoma Woman   Old Friends   Old Toy Trains   One Dyin And A Buryin   One Dyin' And A Buryin'   One Dying And A Burying   Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line   Oo-De-Lally   Oo-De-Lally (Disney's Robin Hood)   Oo-De-Lally [From Robin Hood Suite]   Oo-De-Lally [From Robin Hood- Prince of Thieves]   Oo-De-Lally [From Robin Hood]   Open Up Your Heart   Our Hearts Will Play The Music   Our Little Love   OUR LOVE   Pardon This Coffin   Pillow   Playboy   Please Release Me   PLEASING THE CROWD   Poor Little John   Precious Baby   Private John Q   Private John Q.   Qua La Linta   Rainbow Valley   Raincarnation   Reincarnation   Riddle   RINGING UP ROSIE   River In The Rain   Roll Away   Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)   Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town   Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town   Shame Bird   SHANNON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SONG   Shannonâ??s Song   Some Hearts Get All The Breaks   Some People Make It   SOMEWHERE THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A LADY   Somewhere There's A Lady   Sorry Willie   Sorry, Willie   South   Squares Make The World Go Round   Stephen Foster   Sunny Side Of My Life   Swing Low Swingin' Chariot   Swing Low, Swinging Chariot   Swiss Cottage Place   Swiss Maid   T.J's LAST RIDE   Tall Tall Trees   That's The Way I Feel   That's The Way It's Always Been   That's Why I Love You Like I Do   THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S THE WAY I FEEL   THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN   That's The Way I Feel   That's The Way It's Always Been   That's Why I Love You Like I Do   The 4Th Of July   The Animal Of Man   THE DAY I JUMPED FROM UNCLE HARVEY\u00e2\u20ac\u21...   The Day I Jumped From Uncle Harveyâ??s Plane   The Fool   The Hat   The King of the Road   The King of the Road   The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me   The Man Who Stayed In Monterey   THE MOON IS HIGH   The Moon Is High (And So Am I)   The Numbers Song   THE OPERA AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS   The Opera Ain't Over Till The Fat Lady Sings   The Riddle   The Tom Green County Fair   THE YESTER WALTZ   There I Go Dreamin'   There I Go Dreamin'   There's Nobody Like You   THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S NOBODY LIKE YOU   This Town   TIPS OF MY FINGERS   Tolivar   Tomorrow Night In Baltimore   Tomorrow Night in Baltimore [*]   Train Of Life   Trouble On The Turnpike   UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN   Vance   Walkin' In The Sunshine   WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE   WANDA IGUANA   Water Dog   What I'd Give (to Be The Wind)   What I'd Give to Be the Wind   What Would My Mama Say   When a House (Is Not a Home)   When A House Is Not A Home   When Two Worlds Collide   Where Have All The Average People Gone   With Pen In Hand   WON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122TCHA COME BE MY FRIEND   Wonâ??tcha Come Be My Friend   Working Girl   World I Can't Live In   World So Full Of Love   You Can't Do Me This Way   You Can't Do Me This Way (and Get By)   You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd   You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Heard   You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd   You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd   You Cant Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd   You Didn't Have To Be So Nice   YOU DIDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T HAVE TO BE SO NICE   You Didnâ??t Have To Be So Nice   You Don't Want My Love   You Oughta Be Here With Me   YOU'RE A PART OF ME   YOU'RE FORGETTING ME   You're My Kingdom   You're Part Of Me   You're Forgetting Me   You're My Kingdom   You're Part Of Me

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