Playlist Kris Kristofferson

kris kristofferson - a moment of forever

Was it wonderful for you?
Was it holy as it was for me?
Did you feel the hand of destiny
That was guiding us together?

You were young enough to dream
I was old enough to learn something new
I?m so glad I got to dance with you
For a moment of forever

Sometimes when you?re cryin?, you?re happy
Sometimes you?re just cryin?
I know. I know.

Come whatever happens now
Ain?t it nice to know that dreams still come true
I?m so glad that I was close to you
For a moment of forever.

kris kristofferson - a song i 039 d like to sing

(na na na na na na na....)

There?s a song I?d like to sing
Do you know the song I mean?
It don?t always sound the same
But it?s always good to sing.

Maybe it don?t mean a thing
It?s a pretty little tune.
It?s a song I?d like to sing
And I?d love to sing with you.

And we can get to know each other
Like a sister and a brother
Like a father and a mother
Like a woman and a man

We can sing along together
Just enyoying ?til it?s over
It don?t need to last forever
If we want it to it can.

(muppets: na na na na na na na....)

kris kristofferson - aguila del norte

Did anybody see them ?
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 in Nicaragua
Running from the shadows
Striking holy terror
Deeper in the heart

You believe in Freedom
And you believe in justice
But not in Nicaragua
Not in Nicaragua

Aguila Del Norte
We can see your power
And the beauty of your freedom
What is in your heart ?

You believe in honor
And you believe in Jesus
But not in Nicaragua
Not in Nicaragua

kris kristofferson - anthem 039 84

If you're looking for a fighter who'll defend you
And love you for your Freedom. I'm your man.
And I ain't gonna leave you for the crazy things you're doing
But don't ask me to lend a helping hand.

You were such a pretty dream as I remember
You were young and strong and God was on your side.
But vision slowly faded like the wonder from your eyes
And you traded your compassion for your pride.

But I still believe in all that we believed in.
And I pray to God that you will in the end.
And you'll see the golden chances that you're wasting.
And be the loving beauty that you can.

But I still believe in all that we believed in.
And I pray to God that you will in the end.
And you'll see the golden chances that you're wasting.
And be the loving beauty that you can.

kris kristofferson - back in my baby 039 s arms

I'm back in my baby's arms again I'm thankful too
I'm back in my baby's arms again that love is true
I'm back in my baby's arms again where I should be
Cause I know where I've been I was lost in sin
But I'm back in my baby's arms again

Well I hurt her so that I had to hide I would stay away not to face my pride
But she saw me through to the truth inside
And I'm back in my baby's arms again with the love that I stole
I'm back in my baby's arms again God bless her soul
I'm back in my baby's arms again and I know it's real

I pray the Lord I remember when cause it's better now than it's ever been
He came back to me like a long lost friend and I'm back in my baby's arms again
I'm back in my baby's arms again I'm thankful too...
I'm back in my baby's arms again

kris kristofferson - bad love story

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 I still don't understand

Chorus:
It's a bad love story
That I've had to learn by heart
'Cause I've lived these lines so many times before
And it's a shame the way the same old ending
Still tears me apart
Where the lady still don't love me anymore

I can see the truth before me
Like a mirror on the wall
With a crack or two for every fool I've been
And i see the lady waiting
For her count-down curtain call
And it's looking like the place that I came in

Chorus:
It's a bad love story
That I've had to learn by heart
'Cause I've lived these lines so many times before
And it's a shame the way the same old ending
Still tears me apart
Where the lady still don't love me anymore

kris kristofferson - bandits of beverly hills

She knew the moment their eyes came together they'd never need to explain
He was a bandit behind his behavior she was precisely the same
Laughing and dancing those gay cabralleros they looked so wild and so free
She likes him a little light on the loafers but bless his heart so does he
And he covers for her and she covers for him if it's wild and they want to they will
But the dangers are real and the chances are slim
And there ain't nothing cheap but the thrill in the badlands of Beverly Hills
[ guitar ]
He had a mustache that made him look macho and she wore a mole on her cheek
Makin' the run around Rodeo Avenue dancing boutique to boutique
And the truth is a question with too many answers and so hard to face on your own
Beauty is only as deep as the skin ugly goes clear to the bone
And he covers for her...

kris kristofferson - best of all possible worlds

I was runnin? thru the summer rain, try?n? to catch that evenin? train
And kill the old familiar pain weavin? thru my tangled brain
When I tipped my bottle back and smacked into a cop I didn?t see
That police man said, mister cool, if you ain?t drunk, then you?re a
Fool.
I said, if that?s against the law, then tell me why I never saw
A man locked in that jail of yours who wasn?t neither black or poor as
Me?
Well, that was when someone turned out the lights
And I wound up in jail to spend the night
And dream of all the wine and lonely girls
In this best of all possible worlds.

Well, I woke up next mornin? feelin? like my head was gone
And like my thick old tongue was lickin? something sick and wrong
And I told that man I?d sell my soul for something wet and cold as that
Old cell.
That kindly jailer grinned at me, all eaten up with sympathy
Then poured himself another beer and came and whispered in my ear,
If booze was just a dime a bottle boy, you couldn?t even buy the smell
I said, I knew there was something I liked about this town.
But it takes more than that to bring me down, down, down.
?cause there?s still a lot of wine and lonely girls
In this best of all possible worlds

Well, they finally came and told me they was a gonna set me free
And I?d be leavin? town if I knew what was good for me
I said, it?s nice to learn that ev?rybody?s so concerned about my
Health.
(they were obsessed with it)
I said, I won?t be leavin? no more quicker than I can
?cause I?ve enjoyed about as much of this as I can stand
And I don?t need this town of yours more than I never needed nothin?
Else.
?cause there?s still alot of drinks that I ain?t drunk
And lots of pretty thoughts that I ain?t thunk
And lord there?s still so many lonely girls
In this best of all possible worlds.

kris kristofferson - between heaven and here

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.
Is that the lonesome old way you wanted to be ? (I didn?t think so)

Partner, I know, we could be soul to soul if we want to.
Oh, ain?t it worth it, there?s so little lovin? today.
Wastin? our feelings on something when so little matters.
Think of the time and the chances we?re throwing away.

Chorus:
We can do better than this we can go for the glory !
I hope to God we can handle the worst of our fears !
Then if you will if you?re up to the thrill of a lifetime
Maybe we?ll tear down the walls between heaven and here.

Maybe the secret is making believe when it matters
Maybe just keeping it simple and close to the heart.
Love is so easy to make and so easy to shatter.
We can be stronger together or tear it apart

kris kristofferson - bigger the fool

Hey doesn't it still look easy as it did to you hey wasn't it true after all
I couldn't help myself girl and I can't blame you
The bigger the fool the harder the fall
Livin' on old illusions and some make believe that mattered to me most of all
Closin' my eyes to changes I've refused to see the bigger the fool the harder the fall
Somewhere in your future on the far side of your world
You might read my writing on the wall
Think of the easy dreamer who believes in you the bigger the fool the harder the fall
[ guitar ]
If somebody you wake up in a world that's turned on you
And nobody answers when you call
Hey think of the crazy dreamer who believes in you
The bigger the fool the harder the fall
Think of the easy dreamer who believes in you the bigger the fool the harder the fall

kris kristofferson - billy dee

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 the devil in his veins
All around the honky tonks, searching for a sign
Gettin? by on gettin? high on women, words and wine
Some folks called him crazy, lord, and others called him free
But we just called us lucky for the love of billy dee

Busy goin? his own way and speakin? his own words
Facin? and forgettin? every warnin? that he heard
Makin? friends and takin? any crazy chance he could
Gettin? busted for the bad times and believin? in the good
Billy took a beatin? from a world he meant no harm
The score was written in the scars up on his arm
Some felt he was payin? for the life he tried to lead
But all we felt was sorry for our good friend billy dee

It may be his soul was bigger than a body?s oughta be
Singin? songs and bringin? laughter to the likes of you and me
Cause the world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find
But it wasn?t near as lonesome as the one he left behind
Yesterday they found him on the floor of his hotel
Reachin? towards the needle, lord, that drove him down to hell
Some folks called it suicide, others blame the speed
But we all called it crucified when billy dee o.d.?d

kris kristofferson - blame it on the stones

Mister marvin middle class is really in a stew
Wond?rin? what the younger generation?s coming to
And the taste of his martini doesn?t please his bitter tongue
Blame it on the rolling stones.

Blame it on the stones; blame it on the stones
You?ll feel so much better, knowing you don?t stand alone
Join the accusation; save the bleeding nation
Get it off your shoulders; blame it on the stones

Mother tells the ladies at the bridge club every day
Of the rising price of tranquilizers she must pay
And she wonders why the children never seem to stay at home
Blame it on the rolling stones.

Blame it on the stones; blame it on the stones
You?ll feel so much better, knowing you don?t stand alone
Join the accusation; save the bleeding nation
Get it off your shoulders; blame it on the stones

Father?s at the office, nightly working all the time
Trying to make the secretary change her little mind
And it bothers him to read about so many broken homes
Blame it on those rolling stones.

Blame it on the stones; blame it on the stones
You?ll feel so much better knowing you don?t stand alone
Join the accusation; same the bleeding nation
Get it off your shoulders; blame it on the stones

Blame it on the stones, blame it on the stones.

kris kristofferson - blessing in disguise

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.

Chorus:
But they tell me that the truth?ll set you free
>from the sad confusion of your lies
And it led me to a side of you that I?d refused to see
So I guess it?s been a blessing in disguise

So there?s nothing left to keep us holding on, now
To the mystery we used to be before
What we ever shared together there is gone, now
And what might have been don?t matter anymore.

Chorus:
But they tell me that the truth?ll set you free
>from the sweet illusion of your lies
And it led me to a side of you that I?d refused to see
So I guess it?s been a blessing in disguise

kris kristofferson - blue as i do

Day drinkin' just stinkin' out loud
Sundown's come down along with that nighttime crowd
Bookends good friends thoughts of the past
Your time is my time as long as it last
I felt too good for too long to feel as blue as I do
Chain smokin' all jokin' aside
Wishin' and waitin' and hesitatin' tryin' to take it all in stride
Night flight back home everything's changed
All night tonight my thoughts rearranged
I felt too good for too long to feel as blue as I do
[ piano - guitar ]
Night hawkin' talkin' out of my head
Hometown show down give me the lowdown
But please don't tell me what you think I said
Give me the feeling I'm on the right track
Catch me a night train I ain't comin' back
I felt too good for too long to feel as blue as I do
I felt too good for too long to feel as blue as I do

kris kristofferson - border lord

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
Hangin? over in the brain
Tappin? time and thinking of the time we never had the time to take

Losing to the rising cost of living high and loving hard
And leavin? every yesterday behind
Learning every bridge you cross, is burning down before you?re off and
Running
Like the devil just in time

Chorus:
Breakin? any ties before they bind you
Taking any comfort you can find
Running like you?re running out of time
Take it all-take it easy-till it?s over-understanding
When you?re headin? for the border lord
You?re bound to cross the line

Good lookin? women every time you stumble
Waitin? there to catch you when you fall
Gettin? to you bad enough to let em
Keep you backin? up till just before your back?s against the wall

Chorus:
Breakin? any ties before they bind you
Takin? any comfort you can find
Runnin? like you?re runnin? out of time
Take it all-take it easy-till it?s over-understanding
When you?re headin? for the border lord
You?re bound to cross the line

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