He made the good times better and the hard times easier. This evening I got the news from Kurt that the best of the best, Kris Kristofferson, has passed.
"To Beat the Devil"
The old man was a strangerBut I’d heard his words beforeBack when failure had me locked outOn the wrong side of the door,When no one stood beside meBut my shadow on the floorAnd lonesome is more than a state of mind.
See the devil haunts a hungry manIf you don’t want to join him,You gotta beat him.I ain’t saying I beat the devil,But I drank his beer for nothingAnd then I stole his song …
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