I was a stumble bummin' down the neon Music City sidewalksWith the Junkie and the Juicehead who had problems of their ownStuck with luck it kept me standin' just a step away from starvin'And the talent that I swore I'd show before I'd go back homeNinety days I looked the army makin' neither love nor moneyAnd my only set of clothes was gettin' closer to the boneAnd the Junkie placed an order with the Prophet on the cornerAnd he told him of the soul that he'd been sellin' for a songHe said my future was my fortune but I let it slip awaySlowly smokin' myself broke on eighty cigarettes a dayFindin' out that crime ain't all there is that doesn't payAnd writin' words that no one's gonna see but did you said it who said itI can read my fortune in the bottom of a glassAnd I can see it's time for me to make my last requestWon't you fill my grave with whiskey when I'm laid away to restSo the boys can say I drank myself to deadWell I drank the whole thing over puttin' one and two togetherAnd it added up to more of what I didn't want to beI ain't blamin' Music City but it's only gonna see meOne more day and the wake up and the time it takes to leaveCause I got a dirty picture of what could have been my futureIn a Prophet pushin' day dreams on a corner for a feeAnd the wino lookin' lonely at a bottle gettin' emptyAnd a hungry lookin' junkie huntin' tea in sympathyAnd I bet that junkie's laughin' after the life he threw awaySlowly smokin' himself broke on eighty cigarettes a dayPleadin' down the Prophet to a price that he can payAnd writin' words that no one's gonna see but did you said it who said itEvery empty bottle is my private crystal ballAnd starin' into the future findin' nothin' there at allWhich is what I'll miss tomorrow when the neon shadows fallOn the Junkie and the Juicehead minus me
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Kristoffer Kristofferson (Brownsville, Texas; 22 de junio de 1936-Hana, Hawái; 28 de septiembre de 2024) fue compositor de música country, actor y cantante estadounidense ilustre por canciones como Me and Bobby McGee, For the Good Times, Sunday Mornin' Comin'…
