Best For The Best Lyrics - Acoustic Live Vol. 1 - Josh Ritter

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 

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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 

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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