To Beat The Devil Kris Kristofferson

[Voice: It was winter time in Nashville, down on music city row and I was looking for a place to get myself out of the cold, to warm the frozen feeling that was eating at my soul, and keep the chilly

The Silver Tongued Devil Kris Kristofferson

I took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern To buy me a bottle of beer I sat me down by a tender young maiden Whose eyes were as dark as her hair And as I was searching from bottle to bottle For something

The Silver Tongued Devil And I Kris Kristofferson

"I took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern, To buy me a bottle of beer. And I sat me down by a tender young maiden, Who's eyes were as dark as her hair.

Jesse Jackson Kris Kristofferson

He was walking with your brother on the streets of Alabama He was marching next to Martin when he died Working face to face in Cuba and Managua Nicaragua He did not yet beat the devil, but he

Help Me Make It Through The Night Kris Kristofferson

Take the ribbon from your hair, Shake it loose and let it fall, Layin' soft upon my skin. Like the shadows on the wall.

Help me make it through the night Kris Kristofferson

Take the ribbon from your hair Shake it loose and let it fall Laying soft upon my skin Like the shadows on the wall Come and lay down by my side Till the early morning light All I'm asking

Help me make it through the night Kris Kristofferson

Take the ribbon from your hair Shake it loose and let it fall Laying soft upon my skin Like the shadows on the wall Come and lay down by my side Till the early morning light All I'm asking

Jesse Younger Kris Kristofferson

Little Jesse Younger was a well respected lad Doing all he could to please his mommy and his dad But he never planned to be the man They said that he'd become And somehow or another Jesse's

Border Lord Kris Kristofferson

Darkness had us covered when we split from Minnesota in the morning In the rain Black as I was feeling and the street was slick and shiny as a snake Each of us was a-humming to a half forgotten echo

Border Lord Kris Kristofferson

Darkness had us covered when we split from Minnesota in the morning In the rain Black as I was feeling and the street was slick and shiny as a snake Each of us was a-humming to a half forgotten

핼프미메이크잇스루드나잇 Kris Kristofferson

Take the ribbon from your hair 당신 머리의 리본을 떼어내 보세요 Shake it loose and let it fall 리본을 흔들어 느슨하게 해서 늘어뜨리세요 Layin' soft up on my skin 벽에 비친 그림자처럼 Like the shadows on the wall 내게 살포시 누워 보세요 Come and lay

Billy Dee Kris Kristofferson

Billy Dee was seventeen when he turned twenty-one fooling with some foolish things he could've left alone but he had to try to satisfy a thirst he couldn't name driven towards the darkness by

Shadows Of Her Mind Kris Kristofferson

I met her sadly in the slowly falling rain Crying softly in her loveliness and pain Knowing no one needin' someone bad as me And she told me as I held her trembling hand Walking slowly how she'd never

Aguila Del Norte Kris Kristofferson

I heard there was a baby Somebody heard her crying Weaker through the night They beat her mama bloody And shot her with her daddy It was the terror from above El Aguila Del Norte Down

From The Bottle To The Bottom Kris Kristofferson

waking up alone Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through And his

Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame Kris Kristofferson

If a cheated man's a loser And a cheater never wins And if beggars can't be choosers 'Til they're weak and wealthy men And the old keep gettin' older And the young must do the same And it's never gettin

The Taker Kris Kristofferson

He's a giver, he'll give her The kind of attention that she's never known He's a helper, he'll help her To open the doors that she can't on her own He's a lover, he'll love her In ways that she never

Condemned To Live Kris Kristofferson

The dyin' sun that paints a path of blood across the sea shines darkly on the stranger who is beckoning to me.

Burden Of Freedom Kris Kristofferson

I stand on the stairway My back to the dungeon The doorway to freedom So close to my hand And voices behind me So bitterly damn me For seeking salvation They don't understand

From Here To Forever Kris Kristofferson

see a down and outer waking up alone Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin

Jody And The Kid Kris Kristofferson

She would meet me in the morning On my way down to the river Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree With her feet already dusty >from the pathway to the levy And her little blue jeans rolled up

Darby's Castle Kris Kristofferson

Oh, it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised And the silhouette was seen for miles around; And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky - But it only took one night to bring

Between Heaven And Here Kris Kristofferson

You got your reasons to choose not to ever believe me (believe me) maybe life done you so dirty you'll never be free. Look what you're doing to someone who surreally loves you.

The Sabre And The Rose Kris Kristofferson

He turned his burnin' eyes upon my soul "it's time, by god, to spend this night with someone else", he said.

Fallen Angel Kris Kristofferson

It's sad to see we may never be the way we were before We don't believe in the magic of the music anymore And everything's older now and colder and grey Oh, darlin' I believe there's got to

Everything Is Sweeter (Closer To The Bone) Kris Kristofferson

Ain't it just the way it goes? Ain't you gettin' bitter Runnin' out of time?

Down To Her Socks Kris Kristofferson

Slowly she sank to her knees on the floor Cursin' the freedom she'd won From the torture she vowed not to take anymore And the victim she'd almost become Chorus: For a lady who'd learned

Just The Other Side Of Nowhere Kris Kristofferson

I come from just the other side of nowhere To this big time lonesome town. They got a lot of ice and snow here, Half as cold as all the people I've found.

Enough For You Kris Kristofferson

I've lived enough To know that love's not everything you need God knows I know (____ ____?)

Breakdown (A Long Way From Home) Kris Kristofferson

The clubs are all closed and the ladies are leaving, There's nobody nobody knows on the street; A few stranded souls standing cold at the station, An nowhere to go but to bed and to sleep.

Easter Island Kris Kristofferson

Guarding the carcass, we stripped and devided To carve up and covet they wait there alone Keeping the secret the rest have forgotten And staring in silence from sockets of stone Built and

Casey's Last Ride Kris Kristofferson

Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below; Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors Of silent desperation,

Casey's Last Stand Kris Kristofferson

Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below; Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors Of silent desperation,

Loving Her Was Easier Kris Kristofferson

I've seen the morning burning golden on the mountains in the skies Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies Turning on the world the way she smiles upon my soul as i lay

Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) Kris Kristofferson

I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the sky Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies Turning on the world the way she smiled upon my soul as i lay dying

Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) Kris Kristofferson

I've seen the morning burning golden on the mountains in the skies Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies Turning on the world the way she smiles upon my soul as i lay diing

Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) (Album Version) Kris Kristofferson

I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies Turning on the world, the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dying

From Here To Forever Kris Kristofferson

Cool shadows fall through the moonlight Soft as the breeze through your hair And the smile on your face while you're sleeping Is the answer to anyone's prayer Fill your heart for the morning

El Coyote Kris Kristofferson

They call him a bandit And you know the notches That he ought to wear on his gun He sees you through eyes He's partially blinded From staring to long at the sun But he's true to his

Blessing In Disguise Kris Kristofferson

Well, I guess you know You took me by surprise When you told me that you'd broken all the rules And the future felt as empty as your eyes When I realized how far I was from you.

Delta Day (No Time To Cry) Kris Kristofferson

Dawn breaks and I feel tropical rain fall down on all here below on the ground.

Forever In Your Love Kris Kristofferson

Lovers make believe in dreams Dreamers make believe in makin' love to last forever Losers can't believe in anything at all Hey-we never meant to fall so hard But don't be sorry Chorus:

Duvalier's Dream Kris Kristofferson

He shunned the world of mortals and the sound of human tongues And blessed the night that chased their sight away.

Good Christian Soldier Kris Kristofferson

Not so long ago in Oklahoma The son of an Okie preacher knelt to pray He said, "Lord I wanna be a Christian Soldier just like you. And fight to win a new and better day.

The Junkie And The Juicehead, Minus Me Kris Kristofferson

talent that I swore I'd show before I'd go back home Ninety days I looked the army makin' neither love nor money And my only set of clothes was gettin' closer to the bone And the Junkie placed an order

Don't Cuss The Kris Kristofferson

he sang some pretty songs (and he did) I'd heard that he'd been scandalizing me And, lord, i knew that that was wrong (and i was) Now i'm lookin' at it over Something cool and feelin' fool enough to

Me And Bobby McGee Kris Kristofferson

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the trains, feelin' nearly faded as my jeans. Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained, took us all the way to New Orleans.

The Lady's Not For Sale Kris Kristofferson

She longed to be a lady When she was just a child But where the grass was greener Lord She done her growin' wild Then she tried to spread her tender wings And never left the ground So she turned to dreams

Bad Love Story Kris Kristofferson

Once again you tried to show me What my eyes refused to see In the lines between the painful scene we're in With the silence falling coldly On a world of make-believe And the ending that

A Stitch In The Hand (Is Worth Two In The Bush) Kris Kristofferson

I used to be the cautious kind I never entered nothing blind And I came to every bridge before I crossed And I always looked before I leaped until some educated creep Told me that he who hesitates