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Kris Kristofferson lyrics
To Beat The Devil lyrics
[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
wind off my guitar; my thirsty wanted whiskey, my hungry needed
beans; but it'd been a month of pay days since I'd heard that eagle
scream; so with a stomach full of empty and pocket full of dreams
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar (actually I guess you'd
call it a tavern). Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and sawdust on the
floor.
Friendly shadows. I saw that there was just one old man sitting
at the bar; and in the mirror I could see him checking me with my
guitar; he turned and said ";come up here boy and show us what you
are";. I said ";I'm dry"; and he bought me a beer. He nodded at my
guitar and said ";It's a tough life ain't it?"; I just looked at him
and he said ";You ain't making any money, are you?"; I said ";You've
been reading my mail";. He just smiled and said ";Let me see that
guitar: I got something you ought to hear";. Then he laid
it on me.....]
If you waste your time a-talking to the people who don't listen
to the things that you are saying who do you think's going to hear?
And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about
are things they could be changing, who d'you think's goin' to care?
There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind who
were crucified for what they tried to show,
And their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time,
'cause the truth remains that no-one wants to know!
[Voice: Well, the old man was a stranger, but I'd heard his song before;
back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door; when
no-one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor and lonesome was more
than a state of mind. You see, the devil haunts a hungry man; if you
don't want to join him you've got to beat him. I ain't sayin' I beat the
devil, but I drank his beer for nothing, and then I stole his song!]
And you still can hear me singing to the people who don't listen
to the things that I am saying, praying someone's going to hear;
And I guess I'll die explaining how the things that they complain about
are things they could be changing, hoping someone's goin' to care.
I was born a lonely singer and I'm bound to die the same
But I've got to feed the hunger in my soul;
And if I never have a nickel I won't ever die of shame
'cause I don't believe that no-one wants to know!
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Darby's Castle lyrics
Duvalier's Dream lyrics
Just The Other Side Of Nowhere lyrics
The Best Of All Possible Worlds lyrics
Epitaph (Black And Blue) lyrics
Long Way From Home lyrics
The Silvertongued Devil And I lyrics
The Taker lyrics
When I Loved Her lyrics
Jody And The Kid lyrics
Burden Of Freedom lyrics
Josie lyrics
Kiss The World Goodbye lyrics
Little Girl Lost lyrics
Smokey Put The Sweat On Me lyrics
Somebody Nobody Knows lyrics
Stagger Mountain Tragedy lyrics
When She's Wrong lyrics
I've Got To Have You lyrics
Slow Down lyrics
I'd Rather Be Sorry lyrics
Broken Freedom Song lyrics
I May Smoke Too Much lyrics
Lights Of Magdala lyrics
One For The Money lyrics
Rock And Roll Time lyrics
Same Old Song lyrics
Shandy (The Perfect Disguise) lyrics
Smile At Me Again lyrics
Stairway To The Bottom lyrics
Star Spandgled Bummer (Whores Die Hard) lyrics
Rescue Mission lyrics
Don't Cuss The Fiddle lyrics
Easy, Come On lyrics
Silver (The Hunger) lyrics
Stranger lyrics
The Stallion lyrics
The Year 2000 Minus 25 lyrics
Who's To Bless And Who's To Blame lyrics
Rocket To Stardom lyrics
Bad Love Story lyrics
Eddie The Eunuch lyrics
I've Got A Life Of My Own lyrics
If It's All The Same To You lyrics
If You Don't Like Hank Williams lyrics
Killing Time lyrics
The Golden Idol lyrics
The Prisoner lyrics
The Stranger I Love lyrics
You Show Me Yours (And I'll Show You Mine) lyrics
Easter Island lyrics
Lay Me Down (And Love The World Away) lyrics
Living Legend lyrics
Risky Business lyrics
Spooky Lady's Revenge lyrics
The Fighter lyrics
Forever In Your Love lyrics
The Sabre And The Rose lyrics
Come Sundown lyrics
Fallen Angel lyrics
Killer Barracuda lyrics
Lucky In Love lyrics
Once More With Feeling lyrics
Prove It To You One More Time Again lyrics
Shake Hands With The Devil lyrics
Seadream lyrics
I'll Take Any Chance I Can With You lyrics
Magdalene lyrics
Maybe You Heard lyrics
Nobody Loves Anybody Anymore lyrics
Snakebit lyrics
The Devil To Pay lyrics
The Last Time lyrics
Blessing In Disguise lyrics
Daddy's Song lyrics
Star-Crossed lyrics
Anthem '84 lyrics
El Gavilan (The Hawk) lyrics
Love Is The Way lyrics
Mean Old Man lyrics
The Heart lyrics
They Killed Him lyrics
This Old Road lyrics
What About Me lyrics
El Coyote lyrics
Aguila Del Norte lyrics
Don't Let The Bastards (Get You Down) lyrics
Jesse Jackson lyrics
Love Of Money lyrics
Sandinista lyrics
The Eagle And The Bear lyrics
The Hero lyrics
Third World War lyrics
Third World Warrior lyrics
Mal Sacate lyrics
Billy Dee lyrics
Border Lord lyrics
For The Good Times lyrics
Jesse Younger lyrics
Jesus Was A Capricorn lyrics
Late Again (Gettin' Over You) lyrics
Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) lyrics
Me And Bobby McGee lyrics
Nobody Wins lyrics
Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight lyrics
Rainbow Road lyrics
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down lyrics
The Law Is For Protection Of The People lyrics
Whiskey, Whiskey lyrics
It Sure Was (Love) lyrics
Sugar Man lyrics
The Pilgrim; Chapter 33 lyrics
A Moment Of Forever lyrics
Between Heaven And Here lyrics
Good Love (Shouldn't Feel So Bad) lyrics
Johnny Lobo lyrics
New Game Now lyrics
Road Warrior's Ament lyrics
Shipwrecked In The Ighties lyrics
The Promise lyrics
Under The Gun lyrics
Casey's Last Ride lyrics
New Mister Me lyrics
Sam's Song (Ask Any Working Girl) lyrics
Worth Fighting For lyrics
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