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Kris Kristofferson vs. Janis Joplin

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Me and Bobby McGee
Kris Kristofferson
Busted flat inBaton Rouge
Headin’ for thetrain
Feelin’ nearlyfaded
As my jeans
Bobby thumbed adiesel down
Just before itrained
Took us all the way
To New Orleans
I took my harpoonout of my
Dirty red bandanna
And was blowin’ sad
While Bobby sang theblues
With themwindshield wipers slappin’ time
And Bobby clappin’hands
We finally sang upevery song
That driver knew

Freedom’s justanother word for
Nothin’ left tolose
Nothin’ ain’t worthnothin’
But it’s free
Feelin’ good waseasy Lord
When Bobby sang theblues
Feelin’ good wasgood enough for me
Good enough for meand Bobby McGee

From the coal minesof Kentucky
To the Californiasun
Bobby shared thesecrets
Of my soul
Standin’ right besideme Lord
Through everythingI’ve done
Every night shekept me
From the cold
Then somewhere nearSalinas Lord
I let her slip away
Lookin’ for the home
I hope she’ll find
And I’d trade allmy tomorrows
For one singleyesterday
Holdin’ Bobby’sbody
Next to mine

Freedom’s justanother word for
Nothin’ left tolose
Nothin’ left is all
She left for me
Feelin’ good waseasy Lord
When Bobby sang theblues
Buddy that was goodenough for me
Good enough for meand Bobby McGee

La da da la la nana na
La da da na na
La la la da
Me and Bobby McGee
La la la la la dada da
La la la da da
La la la da
Me and Bobby McGee
La la la la la nana na
La la la da da
La da da da
Me and Bobby McGee
La la la la la dada da
La la la da da
La la la da
Me and Bobby McGee
La la la la la dada da
La la la da da
La la la da
Me and Bobby McGee
La la la la la dada da
La la la da da
La la la da
Me and Bobby McGee
La la la la la dada da
La la la da da
La la la da
Me and Bobby McGee

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Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
Busted flat inBaton Rouge
Waitin’ for a train
When I was feelin’
As faded as myjeans
Bobby thumbed adiesel down
Just before itrained
We wrote a song on theway
To New Orleans
I pulled my harpoon
Out of my dirty redbandanna
And was blowin’ sad
While Bobby sang theblues
Windshield wipersslappin’ time
I was holdin’ Bobby’shand in mine
We sang every song
That driver knew

Freedom’s justanother word for
Nothin’ left tolose
Nothin’
Ain’t nothin’ ifain’t free
Feelin’ good waseasy Lord
When he sang theblues
Feelin’ good wasgood enough for me
Good enough for meand my Bobby McGee

From the Kentucky coalmines
To the Californiasun
Bobby shared thesecrets
Of my soul
Through all kindsof weather
Through everythingwe’d done
Yeah Bobby baby
Kept me from thecold
One day up nearSalinas Lord
I let him slip away
He’s lookin’ forthat home
And I hope he findsit
And I’d trade allmy tomorrows
For a singleyesterday
To be holdin’ Bobby’sbody
Next to mine

Freedom’s justanother word for
Nothin’ left tolose
Nothin’
That’s all Bobbyleft me
Feelin’ good waseasy Lord
When he sang theblues
Feelin’ good wasgood enough for me
Good enough for meand my Bobby McGee

La da da la la nana na
La da da na na
La la la da
Bobby McGee yeah
La la la la la dada da
La la la da da
La la la da
Bobby McGee yeah
La la la la la nana na
La la la da da
La da da da
Hey my Bobby
My Bobby McGee yeah
La la la la la nana na
La la la da da
La da da da
Hey my Bobby
My Bobby McGee yeah

Lord I’m callin’ mylover
Callin’ my man
I said I’m callin’my lover
Just the best I can
C’mon
Where is Bobby now
Where is BobbyMcGee yeah
Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lord
Hey
Hey
Hey
Bobby McGee
Lord

Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lordy
Lord
Hey
Hey
Hey
Bobby McGee
Yeah

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TFT: Kris Kristofferson

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Not every song thatwill be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian”in the eyes of this world.  For some willbe anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviouslyferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (inone way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear themessage.

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To Beat The Devil
Kris Kristofferson
A couple of yearsback, I come across a great and wasted friend of mine in the hallway of arecording studio.  And while he wasreciting some poetry to me that he’d written, I saw that he was about a stepaway from dyin’ and I couldn’t help but wonder why.  And the lines of this song occurred tome.  I’m happy to say he’s no longerwasted and he’s got him a good woman. And I’d like to dedicate this to John and June, who helped show me howto beat the devil.

It was winter timein Nashville
Down on music cityrow
And I was lookin’for a place
To get myself outof the cold
To warm the frozenfeelin’
That was eatin’ atmy soul
Keep the chillywind
Off my guitar
My thirsty wanted whisky
My hungry neededbeans
But it’d been ofmonth of paydays
Since I’d heardthat eagle scream
So with a stomachfull of empty
And a pocket fullof dreams
I left my pride
And stepped insidea bar
Actually I guessyou’d call it a tavern
Cigarette smoke tothe ceiling
And sawdust on thefloor
Friendly shadows
I saw that therewas just one old man
Sittin’ at the bar
And in the mirror Icould see him
Checkin’ me and myguitar
And he turned andsaid
Come up here boy
And show us whatyou are
I said I’m dry
He bought me a beer
He nodded at myguitar and said
It’s a tough lifeain’t it
I just looked athim
He said
You ain’t makin’any money are you
I said
You’ve been readin’my mail
He just smiled andsaid
Let me see thatguitar
I’ve got somethinyou oughta hear
Then he laid it onme

If you waste yourtime a-talkin’
To the people whodon’t listen
To the things thatyou are sayin’
Who do you think’sgonna hear
And if you shoulddie explainin’
How the things thatthey complain about
Are things theycould be changin’
Who do you think’sgonna care
There were otherlonely singers
In a world turneddeaf and blind
Who were crucified
For what they triedto show
And their voiceshave been scattered by
The swirlin’ windsof time
‘Cause the truthremains
That no one wantsto know

Well the old man wasa stranger
But I’d heard hissong before
Back when failurehad me locked out
On the wrong sideof the door
When no one stoodbehind me
But my shadow onthe floor
And lonesome wasmore
Than a state ofmind
You see
The devil haunts ahungry man
If you don’t wannajoin him
You got to beat him
I ain’t sayin’ Ibeat the devil
But I drank hisbeer for nothin’
Then I stole hissong

And you still canhear me singin’
To the people whodon’t listen
To the things thatI am sayin’
Prayin’ someone’sgonna hear
And I guess I’lldie explainin’
How the thing thatthey complain about
Are the things theycould be changin’
Hopin’ someone’sgonna care
I was born a lonelysinger
And I’m bound todie the same
But I’ve got tofeed
The hunger in mysoul
And if I never havea nickel
I won’t ever dieashamed
‘Cause I don’tbelieve that
No one wants toknow

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This Old Road
Kris Kristofferson
Look at that oldphotograph
Is it really you
Smilin’ like a babyfull of dreams
Smilin’ ain’t soeasy now
Some are comin’true
Nothing’s simple asit seems
But I guess youcount your blessings
With the problems
That you’re dealin’with today
Like the changin’of the seasons

Ain’t you come along way
Ain’t you come along way
Ain’t you come along way down
This old road

Lookin’ at a lookin’glass
Runnin’ out of time
On a face you usedto know
Traces of a futurelost
In between thelines
One more rainbowfor the road
Thinkin’ of thefaces in the window
That you passedalong the way
Or the last thingyou believed in

Ain’t you come along way
Ain’t you come along way
Ain’t you come along way down
This old road

Say you tried tochase the sundown
And you let it slipaway
And the holy nightis fallin’

Ain’t you come along way
Ain’t you come along way
Ain’t you come along way down
This old road

Look at that oldphotograph
Is it really you

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Johnny and Kris

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Sunday Morning Comin’ Down
Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson
Well I woke upSunday mornin’
With no way to holdmy head
That didn’t hurt
And the beer I hadfor breakfast wasn’t bad
So I had one morefor dessert
Then I fumbled throughmy closet for my clothes
And found mycleanest dirty shirt
Then I washed myface
And combed my hair
And stumbled downthe stairs
To meet the day
I’d smoked my brainthe night before
On cigarettes
And the songs I’dbeen pickin’
But I lit my firstand watched a small kid
Cussin’ a can thathe was kickin’
Then I crossed the emptystreet
And caught theSunday smell of someone fryin’ chicken
And it took me backto somethin’
That I’d lost somehow
Somewhere
Along the way

On a Sunday mornin’sidewalk
Wishin’ Lord
I was stoned
‘Cause there’ssomethin’ in a Sunday
That makes a bodyfeel alone
And there’s nothin’short of dyin’
That’s half aslonesome as the sound
Of a sleepin’ citysidewalk
And Sunday mornin’comin’ down

In the park I saw adaddy
With a laughin’ littlegirl
Who he was swingin’
And I stoppedbeside a Sunday school
And listened to thesongs they were singin’
Then I headed back forhome
And somewhere faraway a lonely bell was ringin’
And it echoedthrough the canyon
Like a disappearin’dream of yesterday

On a Sunday mornin’sidewalk
Wishin’ Lord
I was stoned
‘Cause there’ssomethin’ in a Sunday
That makes a bodyfeel alone
And there’s nothin’short of dyin’
That’s half aslonesome as the sound
Of a sleepin’ citysidewalk
And Sunday mornin’comin’ down

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