Kris Kristofferson

[fox69]

"Living Legend"

"Living Legend"



Was it bitter then with our backs against the wall?
Were we better men than we'd ever been before?
Say, if she came again today, would you still answer to the call?
Tell the truth, my friend, don't it matter anymore?

We were simple men by her side when she was born
It was simple then like the freedom when you fall
And we were smaller then, you see, but soon we gathered like a storm.
They don't understand what that thunder meant at all.

Was he crucified? Was he done in by the lawman?
Are you satisfied that he'll never ride again?
Some people say he got away; they say he never died at all.
If that story's true, does it bother you, my friend?

Was it bitter then, with our backs against the wall?
Were we better men than we'd ever been before?
Say, if she came again today, would you still answer to the call?
Tell the truth, my friend, don't it matter anymore?

 

[fox69]

"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"

"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"



Perfect strangers sitting down face to face
Like we've never met before
Nothing's left between us
But the space between us
Love don't live here anymore
Faded photographs; dusty dreams
Lyin' scattered on the floor
Nothing's here to bind us
To the years behind us
Love don't live here anymore
Never sharin' nothin'
We don't care
I got nothin' close to nothin' you'd care to hear
Nail the shutters down; pull the shades
Hang a sign upon the door
There's no use pretending
There's no happy ending
Love don't live here anymore.

 

[fox69]

"Love Is The Way"

"Love Is The Way"



Deep in the heart of the infinite darkness
A tiny blue marble is spinning through space
Born in the splendor of God's holy vision
And sliding away like a tear down his face

Closer you see the whole wide holy wonder
Of oceans and mountains and rivers and trees
And the strangest creation of many, the human
A creature of laughter and Freedom and dreams

Now the warriors are waving their old rusty sabres
The preachers are preaching the gospel of hate
By their behavior determined to teach us
A lesson we're soon to be learning to late.

Look closer my brother, we're killing each other
And we'd better stop and get started today
Because life is the question and life is the answer
And God is the reason and love is the way.

Because life is the question and life is the answer
And God is the reason and love is the way.

Because life is the question and life is the answer
And God is the reason and love is the way.

Yes, life is the question and life is the answer
And God is the reason and love is the way.

 

[fox69]

"Love Of Money"

"Love Of Money"



Love of money is the root of all evil
Love of money is the root of all evil
Love of money is the work of the devil
Love of money

She began running for the border and her life
Like the wind, straight into the terror of the night
And she survived, bargaining her body for their gold
In the end all she had to sell them was her soul
That's the way it goes

Love of money is the root of all evil
Love of money is the root of all evil
Love of money is the work of the devil
Love of money

We began reaching for the future like a dream
In a land where everything was free
Wordly men turned their profits into war
No one knows who we're really fighting for

Love of money is the root of all evil
Love of money is the root of all evil
Love of money is the work of the devil
Love of money

Love of money is the root of all evil
Love of money is the root of all evil
Love of money is the work of the devil
Love of money

 

[fox69]

"Lover Please"
(with Rita Coolidge)

"Lover Please"
(with Rita Coolidge)



Lover please please come back don't take a train comin' down the track
Don't please don't please don't leave me don't leave me in misery

You would never hold me near you would never call me dear
Don't you know I'd die for you now you're gone that's what I'll do
Lover please please come back...

Old love story not too long about a love that went all wrong
Girl left the boy boy went bad now he's gone she's so sad
Lover please please come back...
Lover please please come back...

Lover please please come back...

 

[fox69]

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

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



I have seen the mornin' burnin' golden on the mountain in the skies
Achin' with the feelin' of the freedom of an eagle when she flies
Turnin' on the world the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dyin'
Healin' as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of her eyes

Wakin' in the mornin' to the feelin' of her fingers on my skin
Wipin' out the traces of the people and the places that I've been
Teachin' me that yesterday was somethin' that I'd never thought of trying'
Talkin' of tomorrow and the money love and time we had to spend
Lovin' her was easier than anything I'll ever do again

Comin' close together with a feelin' that I've never known before in my time
She ain't ashamed to be a woman or afraid to be a friend
I don't know the answer to the easy way she opened every door in my mind
But dreamin' was as easy as believin' it was never gonna end
And lovin' her was easier than anything I'll ever do again

 

[fox69]

"Lucky In Love"

"Lucky In Love"



You look so good to me, you never change
Lord has it really been so long
Somehow old mystery, don't matter now
Or who was right, and who was wrong

We can make a new memory, of you and me
'Cause I'm losing the ones I been using too long on my own
We can take it like it ought to be, so easily
When you luck into lucky lovin' you leave it alone

Feel this heart of mine,
Lord can't you see how bad that we been missin' you
These days it's hard to find, or make-
believe, any dreams worth comin' true

We can take it to eternity, you and me
'Cause we're better together than we'll ever be on our own
We can make like it ought to be, so easily
When you luck into lucky lovin' you leave it alone

We can make a new memory, of you and me
'Cause I'm losing the ones I been using too long on my own
We can make it like it ought to be, so easily
When you luck into lucky lovin' you leave it alone

 

[fox69]

"Magdalene"

"Magdalene"



Magdalene, are you thinking of the gentle man
Who turned your life around
Magdalene. did he leave you any reason to go on
Magdalene, does it make it any better
That you know he really loved you
Magdalene, all your sins have been forgiven, and he's gone.

Magdalene, did he give you back the freedom
To be something you believe in
Magdalene, are you strong enough to make it on your own
Magdalene, I believe he loved you deeper
Than you ever dreamed of loving
Magdalene, and nobody ever left you so alone.

Oh, Magdalene ...

Magdalene, are the shadows in the stillness
Of the evening full of tears
Do you wonder how much sorrow you can hold
Are you haunted by the ghost of something
Gone but not forgotten
Will it fill the empty silence when you're old.

Magdalene, are you thinking of the gentle man
Who turned your life around
Magdalene. did he leave you any reason to go on
Magdalene, I believe he loved you deeper
Than you ever dreamed of loving
Magdalene, all your sins have been forgiven, and he's gone.

 

[fox69]

"Mal Sacate"

"Mal Sacate"



Mr. Money Man, I know you've had your way
And I know the way you're winning
And that bloody hand you're holding
Ain't no bargain at the price you had to pay

You have stolen all the land that you can steal
And you killed so many heroes
But the dreams they left behind them
Ain't as easy as a man to blow away

And they say, "el mal sacate ni el fuego lo quema"
And los mexicanos dicen, "cosa mala nunca muere"
Don't you know?

The fire don't burn a bad weed boy
And a bad thing never dies
Like the bad weeds growing wild around
The broken wounded body of El Salvador

They killed so many heroes
Like Zapata (Presente!) and Fonseca (Presente!)
And Sandino (Presente!) and Guevarra (Presente!)
And Allende (Presente!) and Aquino (Presente!)
And Steve Biko (Presente!)
But they can never kill the human spirit
NOT IN NICARAGUA!

And they say, "el mal sacate ni el fuego lo quema"
And los mexicanos dicen, "cosa mala nunca muere"
Don't you know?

 

[fox69]

"Mama Stewart"

"Mama Stewart"


It was kinda hard believing
Mama Stewart couldn’t see me then
Or even that her age was ninety four
‘Cause the years that took her sight away
Had given her the right to say
What she believed, and she did, praise the Lord

And the things she said reminded me
Of things I’d grown too blind to see
And feelings that I’d hidden deep inside
And when she said goodbye and kissed me
I was thankful she couldn’t see
The sudden tears I couldn’t hide

[Chorus]
Everything is beautiful in Mama Stewart’s eyes
Another shining reason to believe
Everything is new and full of wonder and surprise
Inside the world that Mama Stewart sees

She rode the covered wagons west
When she was only seven
But she came to California on a plane
She said at ninety four she thought for sure
She’d got too close to heaven
And like as not was going all the way

But the miracle of medicine
And good old time religion
Removed the veil of darkness from her eyes
They said she praised the Lord
And thanked the doctor
And didn’t even seem at all surprised

[Repeat Chorus]

[Tag:] Lord, let me see what Mama Stewart sees