Kris Kristofferson

[fox69]

"Good Morning John"

"Good Morning John"



Good Morning, John!
Ain't it great to see your future shining brighter in the naked light of day?
Ain't it great to see your future shining brighter than the naked light of day?

You maid it, son!
But I confess there was a time or two I thought that you might let it slip away.

I love you, John!
In the cold and holy darkness you were always shining brighter than a star.

God bless you, John!
For the love and joy you've given and the living inspiration that you are.

You've scared me, John!
'Cause you crossed so many borders into danger with a price upon your head.

They got you, John!
And it hurts to see so many friends, who ran along beside you lying dead.

I know you, John!
There ain't nothing you can't handle now, 'cause there ain't nothing bigger than your heart.
There ain't nothing you can't handle out there ain't nothing bigger than your heart.

Keep shining, John!
Keep smiling, John!
For you owe it to the others and the dark and holy wonder that you are.

Hang in there, John!
It's a rocky role to glory, but the strangest and strongest will survive.

Keep smiling, John!
We'll both make it there tomorrow but today lets say we're lucky we're alive.
We won't make it there tomorrow, but today let's say we're lucky we're alive.

I'll see you John!
Though the best of good intentions have a way of gettin' scattered by the wind.

I know you, John!
There ain't nothing you can't handle now, 'cause there ain't nothing bigger than your heart.

I'm leavin' John!
You can lose your mind and mem'ry but you ain't gonna lose me as your friend.
I love you, John.
You can lose your mind or memory, but you'll never lose me as your friend.

Good morning, John!
(Good morning John...)

 

[fox69]

"Hall Of Angels"

"Hall Of Angels"



We stayed at the barroom till closing
I held down a place at his side
And drank to the memory that crushed him
A lady who'd loved him and died

He purely could not find a reason
To get it back up and go on
Then out of the dark came a stranger
Who turned us around with a song

He said: I know the pain that youi're feeling
I had a sweet little girl
And I loved her more than her mother
Or anything else in the world

And sure as I loved her I lost her
Sure as I wanted to die
Then I had a dream or a vision
Of wonder that opened my eyes

I dreamed of a young band of angels
That shone like the stars from above
'Cos each had a bright bruning candle
Except for the angel I loved

And I asked why their candles were burning
And why that hers wasn't the same
She said: Oh, Daddy, each time that I try to light it
Your tears just keep drowning the flame

We stared at the stranger in silence
His spirit was truly alive
If life had made his eyes glisten
The diamond was bright in his eye

'Cos everyone who ever loved him
Though fortune had torn them apart
Will live in the Hall of the Angels
As long as the love in his heart

Oh they'll live in the Hall of The Angels
As long as the love in your heart

 

[fox69]

"Hard To Be Friends"
(with Rita Coolidge)

"Hard To Be Friends"
(with Rita Coolidge)



It's so hard to be friends,
When it was so easy to be lovers,
Holdin' on, holdin' on to each other.
It's so hard to be free,
when it was so easy to be sheltered

Smothered by the promises
Someone said would keep the fire,
Fill the cup and keep from deceivin'
Know so well, never tell

So hard to step forward,
So easy to turn inward,
Too soon to be ended,
Too late too late to be mended
[repeat]

It's so hard to be friends
When it was so easy to be lovers

 

[fox69]

"Help Me"
(with Larry Gatlin)

"Help Me"
(with Larry Gatlin)



Lord help me walk another mile just one more mile I'm tired of walking all alone
Lord help me smile another smile just one more smile
I know I just can't make it on my own
I never thought I needed help before I thought that I could do things by myself
Now I know I just can't take it anymore
With a humble heart on bended knee I'm begging you please help me

Come down from your golden throne to me to lowly me
I need to feel the touch of your tender hand
Remove the chains of darkness and let me see Lord let me see
Just where I fit into your Master plan
I never thought I needed help before I thought that I could get by by myself
Now I know I just can't take it anymore
With a humble heart on bended knee I'm begging you please help me
With a humble heart on bended knee I'm begging you please for help

 

[fox69]

"Help Me Make It Through The Night"

"Help Me Make It Through The Night"



Take the ribbon from your hair,
Shake it loose and let it fall,
Layin' 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 takin' is your time.
Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong, I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow.
Lord, tonight I need a friend.
Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight.
And it's sad to be alone.
Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong, (Yes, I do !)
I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow.
Lord, tonight I need a friend.
Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight.
Lord, it's bad to be alone.
Help me make it through the night.

 

[fox69]

"Hero"

"Hero"



Don't you like to see the hero take his licks like a man
Stand up and be tested and be true?
Would you like to be a hero in your life? Well you can
Did you know it's up to you?

Would you trade your place with Jesus on the cross if you could
Shining through eternity?
Would it bother you to know that you can be just as good
As you really want to be?

And if you're bound to do your duty then it's time that you do
Look your future in the face
For the most important person in the world, which is you,
Or the whole damn human race

There's a holy band of angels flying high through the night
Where no mortal ever trod
Singing holy, holy, holy, holy, oh, Jesus Christ
Is the Lord Almighty God

You see, the good thing is you don't have to be as good as Jesus to
start out with
All you gotta do ask yourself, how would Gary Cooper have done it
Or John Kennedy
Or Martin Luther King
Or Malcom X?

There's a holy band of angels flying high through the night
Where no mortal ever trod
Singing holy, holy, holy, holy, oh, Jesus Christ
Is the Lord Almighty God

 

[fox69]

"Holy Creation"

"Holy Creation"



So many questions
So many answers
So many reasons
Most of them wrong

Facing the future
With the faith of my father
I let a stranger
Into my home

And right there before me
I saw it happen
There's no denying
Nothing's the same

The truth is a highway
Leading to freedom
All is forgiven
Love is to blame

And I've seen him hold her
With his head on her shoulder
Singing her love songs
Soft as her smile
Tender affection
Under the rainbow
Holy Creation
Mother and child

I know the story
I read the papers
I see the anger
I feel it too

But when I see the wonder
In the smiles of my children
It reminds me of dreams
Worth coming true

And I've seen him hold her
With his head on her shoulder
Singing her love songs
Soft as her smile
Tender affection
Under the rainbow
Holy Creation
Mother and child

 

[fox69]

"Holy Woman"

"Holy Woman"



I see you in the morning with your spirit to the sky
The breeze is full of freedom and the eagle in your eye
And the aura of an angel come to show me how to fly
Where the mess don't matter anymore

And I see you in the darkness with the moonlight on your face
The breeze is full of flowers and the shadows soft as lace
And I feel the way our faces come together into space
Where the heart has never been before

Holy woman
I will build a shining monument to you
Wait and see
I'm only human
Can you fill the holy emptiness in me

I see you in the glory of your passion blazing bright
In the God Almighty stillness of the stars that fill the night
Cause you held me in the darkness and you led me to the light
Turned the key and opened me your door

Holy woman
I will build a shining monument to you
Wait and see
I'm only human
Can you fill the holy emptiness in me

 

[fox69]

"Hoola Hoop"
(with Rita Coolidge)

"Hoola Hoop"
(with Rita Coolidge)



Somewhere in the hiearchies Mr Big picks up his horn
Floats a note down to the lowlands and another star is born
Then he turns another billion and he deals a little porn
Hoo hoola hoop hoo hoola hoop hoo hoola hoop

I ain't never been to art school but I kinda like Picasso
All his women look Egyptian but then what the hell do I know
He's a No 1 attraction like a bottle to a wino
You could say he was a hoo hoola hoop hoo hoola hoop hoo hoola hoop

If you're bound to be a big star then you better do it right
Got to get yourself an agent and a healthy appetite
For some overpaid attention and a lot of neaon lights
That right and you can be a hoo hoola hoop hoo hoola hoop hoo hoola hoop
Somewhere in the hiearchies...

 

[fox69]

"How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around"

"How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around"


So many people got so many lines
They've all been tried and it's true
They've all got so many reasons for changin' your mind
And there ain't none of 'em knew
But there's just so little distance between me and you
I think we're two of a kind
We won't do nothin' you don't wanna do
And I won't tell you no lies

[Chorus:]
So tell me, how do you feel about foolin' around
Down from your head to your toes
Ain't nothin' realer than right here and now
If that's as far as it goes

And it goes-And it goes-And it goes

Hey, you'll never miss nothin' you've never known
You'll never know 'til you try
Hey, we can take it or leave it alone
But we got so little time

[Chorus:]
So tell me, how do you feel about foolin' around
Down from your head to your toes
Ain't nothin' realer than right here and now
If that's as far as it goes.