Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times
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She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes
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Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
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And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind
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I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand
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They say working's best cause poverty is hell on a man
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Now I ride a lazy river through the Mississippi fan
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And if the best is for the best then the best can be damned
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I spent a few years on the Queen of Spain
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She was a leaky little boat that went up in flames
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When the boiler blew some people started naming names
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But if the best is for the best
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I guess the best is to blame
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I spent a few more as the Cairo Crown
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A heavyweight wrestler in the Midwest towns
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But I was lonesome for a girl who could pin me down
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They say the best is for the best but that's not what I've found
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Now I listen to my sweetheart and I listen to my thirst
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I don't spend time listening to other people's words
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Sometimes they're right most times the reverse
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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
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She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes
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Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
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And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind
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Best for the Best
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Josh Ritter |