Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Best For The Best, artist - Josh Ritter. Album song The Animal Years, in the genre Иностранная авторская песня
Date of issue: 01.06.2008
Record label: Josh Ritter
Song language: English
Best For The Best |
Once I knew a girl in the hard, hard times |
She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes |
Now she’s gone, but when I wear it she crosses my mind |
And if the best is for the best, then the best is unkind |
I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand |
They say working’s best 'cause poverty is hell on a man |
Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan |
And if the best is for the best, then the best can be damned |
I spent a few years on the Queen of Spain |
She was a leaky little boat that went up in flames |
When the boiler blew, some people started naming names |
But if the best is for the best, I guess the best is to blame |
I spent a few more as the Cairo Crown |
A heavyweight wrestler in the Midwest towns |
But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down |
They say the best is for the best, but that’s not what I’ve found |
Now I listen to my sweetheart and I listen to my thirst |
I don’t spend time listening to other people’s words |
Sometimes they’re right, most times the reverse |
They say the best is for the best when the best’s for the worse |
Once I knew a girl in the hard, hard times |
Once I knew a girl in the hard, hard times |