Kris Kristofferson

[fox69]

"I Fought The Law"
(with Rita Coolidge)

"I Fought The Law"
(with Rita Coolidge)



A breakin' rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I needed money cause I had none I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

I left my baby and I feel so bad I guess the race is run
Cause he's the best man I ever had I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

[guitar]

A robbin' people with a sixgun I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I miss my baby and the good fun I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I left my baby and I feel so bad...

 

[fox69]

"I Got A Life Of My Own"

"I Got A Life Of My Own"



I said I got a life of my own I've got a life of my own
I said don't try to make me a part of no plan take me or leave me alone
Freedom's a feeling that few understand I got a life of my own
I said I oughta know where to sow my own seeds and when I oughta leave it alone
Trouble's an old friend that I didn't need then and I had a wife of my own
I said I got a life of my own oh I've got a life of my own
I caught a beer bottle flat in the face it laid me back to the bone
Hate is a flavor that's ugly to taste I had a knife of my own
Now they leave me alone and alive by myself lost in the steel and the stone
Hoping for heaven and headin' for hell I got a life of my own
I said I got a life of my own I got a life of my own
I got a life of my own I got a life of my own

 

[fox69]

"I May Smoke Too Much"

"I May Smoke Too Much"


Once my future was shiny as the
Seat of my pants are today
Then old mother luck and all her
Daughters started duckin' me
When I finally got tired of just sittin' there
Watching my life slip away
I said I better start takin' all the living
That's a-comin' to me

[Chorus:]
Now I love too much, fight too much
Stay out late at night too much
But you bet your butt I'm going to
Live before I die
And I may smoke too much, drink too much
Every blessed thing too much
It's a low-down life, but it ain't gonna pass me by

I don't care if the world don't ever hear
The sound of my name
And old mother luck and all her daughters
Keep a-duckin' me
As long as that cat that I gotta look at when
I shave ain't ashamed
There ain't no Jody in the world
I'd ever rather be.

[Chorus:]
Now I love too much, fight too much
Stay out late at night too much
But you bet your butt I'm going to
Live before I die
And I may smoke too much, drink too much
Every blessed thing too much
It's a low-down life, but it ain't gonna pass me by

 

[fox69]

"I'd Rather Be Sorry"
(with Rita Coolidge)

"I'd Rather Be Sorry"
(with Rita Coolidge)



If you hurt me, you won't be the first or the last
In a lifetime of many mistakes.
But I won't spend tomorrow regretting the past
For the chances that I didn't take.

'Cause I'll never know 'til it's over
If I'm right or I'm wrong loving you,
But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done
Than for something that I didn't do.

When you touch me it's easy to make me believe
Tomorrow won't take you away
But I'd gamble whatever tomorrow might bring
For the love that I'm living today.

'Cause I'll never know 'til it's over
If I'm right or I'm wrong loving you,
But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done
Than for something that I didn't do.

I know someday that I may wake up all alone
When the love I believed in has died
But at least I won't wonder what I might have won
>From the lifetime that I watched going by

'Cause I'll never know 'til it's over
If I'm right or I'm wrong loving you,
But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done
Than for something that I didn't do.

 

[fox69]

"I'll Take Any Chance I Can With You"

"I'll Take Any Chance I Can With You"



We know better it was bitter, baby
Watching love become a lie
Now we're coming to that point of no returning
Do you really want to try?

Are the reasons or the chances any better than before?
Are we into something more than we imagined
That we really can't afford?

Does it matter anymore?

You're the biggest gamble that I've ever tried to win
Maybe more than I can stand to lose
But girl I never thought I'd ever feel this good again
More than I could dream of coming true
I'll take any chance I can with you.

 

[fox69]

"I'm Down (But I Keep Falling)"
(with Rita Coolidge)

"I'm Down (But I Keep Falling)"
(with Rita Coolidge)



Hey, fairweather friend,
You know you can bend me
I don't wanna break
Hey, lend me a hand
Something I can lean on
'til I'm strong enough to
Make it...

'cause I'm lost, but I'll be lookin'
I've been hurt, but I keep on hopin'
'cause I'm down, but I keep fallin'
Fall in love with you
Fall in love with you.

Take all you can find
Any way you want to
Easy as you can
Leave something behind
Love enough to live on
'til I'm strong enough to stand it
On my own...

But I'll be lookin'
All alone--but I keep on hopin'
'cause I'm down, but I keep fallin'
Fall in love with you
Fall in love with you.......

 

[fox69]

"I've Got To Have You"
(with Rita Coolidge)

"I've Got To Have You"
(with Rita Coolidge)



You came smiling softly
Shyly moving, easy as a dreamer, into my world
Then before I realized the danger
I found myself staring into your eyes
Somewhere in their colors
I saw promises of things I'd never seen before
It's all over; I've got to have you.

Holding onto talking, saying nothing
Knowing in a moment I could lose you
Then without a warning I remember
That you trembled at the touch of my hand.

Knowing when you came to me that
No one else would ever feel the same in my arms
It's all over; I've got to have you

Waking in the morning to the
Tenderness of holding you asleep in my arms
Dreaming while your hair was blowing
Softer than a whisper on your cheek
I don't know the feeling, so I don't know if it's love
But it's enough; it's enough
It's all over; I've got to have you.

 

[fox69]

"If It's All The Same To You"

"If It's All The Same To You"


I listened to a friend who'd do the same for me last night
'cause it takes one to really understand
And I watched him try to walk the line
Between what's wrong and right
And knew that fool was gonna fall again

[Chorus:]
Ah, but the fool I've been ain't nothing like the fool I'd be
To keep believin' dreams that don't come true
Because, you know, it never was too far from love to make believe
And I'll be leavin', if it's all the same to you

It's hard to lead a friend in need of somethin' hard to face
'cause simple truth ain't simple when it's sad
And misery loves company, but, lord, it's such a waste
To go on throwin' good love after bad

[Chorus:]
Ah, but the fools we've been ain't nothin' like the fools we'd be
To keep believin' dreams that don't come true
Because, you know, it never was to far from love to make believe
And I'll be leavin', if it's all the same to you

[Tag:]
Yes, I'll be leavin', 'cause it's all the same to you

 

[fox69]

"If You Don't Like Hank Williams"

"If You Don't Like Hank Williams"


I dig Bobby Dylan and I dig Johnny Cash
And I think Waylon Jennings is a table thumpin' smash
And hearin' Joni Mitchell feels as good as smokin' grass
And if you don't like Hank Williams, honey, you can kiss my ass

[Chorus:]
'Cause I think what they've done is well worth doin'
And they're doin' it the best way that they can
You're the only one that you are screwin'
When you put down what you don't understand

I said, I dig Roger Miller, Merle Haggard; George Jones
Shotgun Willie Nelson and them rockin' Rollin' Stones
And Jerry Lee's still gotta be the coolest in the class
And if you don't like Hank Williams, honey, you can kiss my ass.

[Chorus:]
'Cause I think what they've done is well worth doin'
And they're doin' it the best way that they can
You're the only one that you are screwin'
When you put down what you don't understand

Forgot to say John Prine, Neil Young, Lyle Lovett (God bless him), Chris
Gantry, Jerry Jeff Walker, and David Allen Coe...

 

[fox69]

"In The News"

"In The News"



Read about the sorry way he done somebody's daughter
Chained her to a heavy thing and threw her in the water
And she sank into the darkness with their baby son inside her
A little piece of truth and beauty died

Burning up the atmosphere and cutting down the trees
The billion dollar bombing of a nation on it's knees
Anyone not marching to their tune they call it treason
Everyone says God is on his side

See the lightning, hear the cries
Of the wounded in a world in Holy war
Mortal thunder from the skies
Killing everything they say they're fighting for

Broken babies, broken homes
Broken-hearted people dying everyday
How'd this happen, what went wrong
Don't blame God, I swear to God I heard him say

Not in my name, not on my ground
I want nothing but the ending of the war
No more killing, or it's over
And the mystery won't matter anymore

Broken dreamers, broken rules
Broken-hearted people just like me and you
We are children of the stars
Don't blame God, I swear to God he's crying too

Not in my name, not on my ground
I want nothing but the ending of the war
No more killing, or it's over
And the mystery won't matter anymore

Read about the sorry way he done somebody's daughter
Chained her to a heavy thing and threw her in the water
And she sank into the darkness with their baby son inside her
A little piece of truth and beauty died