KRISTOFFERSON, Kris

Sunday Morning Coming down

Well, I woke up Sunday morning

With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad

So I had one more for dessert

Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes

And found my cleanest dirty shirt

And I shaved my face and combed my hair

And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

I'd smoked my brain the night before on

Cigarettes and songs that I'd been pickin'

But I lit my first and watched a small kid

Cussin' at a can that he was kicking

Then I crossed the empty street

And caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken

And it took me back to somethin'

That I'd lost somehow, somewhere along the way

On the Sunday morning sidewalks

Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned

'Cause there's something in a Sunday

Makes a body feel alone

And there's nothin' short of dyin'

Half as lonesome as the sound

On the sleepin' city sidewalks

Sunday mornin' comin' down

In the park I saw a daddy

With a laughin' little girl who he was swingin'

And I stopped beside a Sunday school

Listened to the song that they were singin'

Then I headed back for home

And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'

And it echoed through the canyons

Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday

On the Sunday morning sidewalks

Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned

'Cause there's something in a Sunday

Makes a body feel alone

And there's nothin' short of dyin'

Half as lonesome as the sound

On the sleepin' city sidewalks

Sunday mornin' comin' down

Me and Bobby McGee

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train

When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans

Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained

And rode us all the way into New Orleans

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana

I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues

Windshield wipers slappin' time, I's holdin' Bobby's hand in mine

We sang every song that driver knew

Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose

Nothin', don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no-no

And feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues

You know feelin' good was good enough for me

Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun

There Bobby shared the secrets of my soul

Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done

Yeah, Bobby baby, kept me from the cold

One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away

He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it

But, I'd trade all of my tomorrows, for one single yesterday

To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose

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Shadows of her mind

I met her sadly in the slowly falling rain

Crying softly in her loneliness and pain

Knowing no one needin' someone bad as me

And she told me as I held her trembling hand

Walking slowly how she'd never known a man

Living lonely in her cottage by the sea

When the morning came her tears had changed to laughter

And before the night her heart beat close to mine

And I thought as she lay sleeping bout the secrets she was keeping

Hidden somewhere in the silence of the shadows of her mind

In the morning as I wakened with the dawn

Without warning I could feel that she was gone

Leaving nothing but her silence next to me

And lonely footprints that I followed in the sand

Walking slowly for I knew where they would end

Disappearing in the silence of the sea

And I sometimes hear the echo of her laughter

As I search for what I know I'll never find

For the answer I was seeking was the secrets she's still keeping

Hidden somewhere in the silence of the shadows of her mind

Help me make it through the Night

Take the ribbon from my hair

Shake it loose and let it fall

Lay it soft upon my skin

Like the shadows on the wall

Come and lay down by my side

Til the early mornin' 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 won't try to understand

Let the devil take tomorrow

But 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

And it's sad to be alone

Help me make it through the night

I don't want to be alone

Help me make it through the night