kris kristofferson
From his 1970 debut album "Kristofferson", later re-released as "Me and Bobby McGee": a rather underrated and seldom requested narrating song, demonstrating Kris' unique skill in songwriting. It's told that this song was the one that made Fred Foster sign him to Monument Records. Related to "Casey's Last Ride", but still quite different, much because of the string quartet arrangement. But the song is also good without!
Duvalier was a bitter man who cursed the morning sun
that brought a new betrayal every day
he shunned the world of mortals and the sound of human tongues
and blessed the night that chased their sight away
a disillusioned dreamer who would never love again
who'd tried of it and found that it was rotten
prefering perfect strangers to the company of friends
because strangers are so easily forgotten
Duvalier took the fickle turns of fortune in his stride
expecting next to nothing out of life
till fortune found a girl who fanned a flame he thought had died
whose burning beauty cut him like a knife
she touched him through the senses that his mind could not control
then smiling stepped aside and watched him fall
betrayed by his own body and the hunger in his soul
Duvalier was a dreamer after all
oh it's hard to keep believing when you know you've been decieved
to face a lie and dare to try again
but there's nothing like a woman with a spell of make believe
to make a new believer of a man
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
F#m E Duvalier was a bitter man who cursed the morning sun D C#7 F#m that brought a new betrayal every day F#m E he shunned the world of mortals and the sound of human tongues D Ddim C#7 and blessed the night that chased their sight away F# E F#m a disillusioned dreamer who would never love again F#m A C#7 who'd tried of it and found that it was rotten F#m E prefering perfect strangers to the company of friends D C#7 F#m E7 because strangers are so easily forgotten A oh it's hard to keep believing when you know you've been decieved A E to face a lie and dare to try again E E7 but there's nothing like a woman with a spell of make believe E7 F#m to make a new believer of a man
