Lyrics of Best for the best

Josh Ritter

Release date : 02/06/2008

Duration : 0:03:58

Style : Singer/Songwriter

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 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