Kris Kristofferson - The pilgrim, Chapter 33 (Breakthrough, 1989)

Fair use- no copyright infringement intended Watch more songs from this concert in this playlist Another song from the Breakthrough concert at Boulder Once again Kris shows what a great poet he is. Such amazingly brilliant lyrics. The dvd has become pretty rare as I&just noticed... I&really happy to have one :-) The Borderlords: Billy Swan, Stephen Bruton – guitar, vocals Glen Clark – guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals Tommy McClure – bass Donnie Fritts – keyboards, vocals Sammy Creason – drums Danny Timms - keyboard, vocals The Pilgrim; Chapter 33 ------Kris Kristofferson See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans, wearin&yesterday&misfortunes like a smile-- Once he had a future full of money, love and dreams, which he spent like they were goin&out of style-- And he keeps right on a&for the better or the worse, searchin&for a shrine he&never found-- Never knowin&if believin&is a blessin&or a curse, Or if the goin&up was worth the comin&down-- He&a poet, he&a picker-- He&a prophet, he&a pusher-- He&a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he&stoned-- He&a walkin&contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction, Takin&ev&wrong direction on his lonely way back home. He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars, And he&traded in tomorrow for today-- runnin&from his devils, Lord, and reachin&for the stars, And losin&all he&loved along the way-- But if this world keeps right on turnin&for the better or the worse, and all he ever gets is...