A Moment Of Forever

Kris Kristofferson A Moment Of Forever Lyrics
1.A Moment Of Forever

Was it wonderful for you?
Was it holy as it was for me?
Did you feel the hand of destiny
That was guiding us together?

You were young enough to dream
I was old enough to learn something new
I'm so glad i got to dance with you
For a moment of forever

Sometimes when you're cryin', you're happy
Sometimes you're just cryin'
I know. i know.

Come whatever happens now
Ain't it nice to know that dreams still come true
I'm so glad that i was close to you
For a moment of forever.


2.Between Heaven And Here

You got your reasons to choose not to ever believe me (believe
me)
Maybe life done you so dirty you'll never be free.
Look what you're doing to someone who surreally loves you.
Is that the lonesome old way you wanted to be ? (i didn't think
so)

Partner, i know, we could be soul to soul if we want to.
Oh, ain't it worth it, there's so little lovin' today.
Wastin' our feelings on something when so little matters.
Think of the time and the chances we're throwing away.

Chorus:
We can do better than this we can go for the glory !
I hope to god we can handle the worst of our fears !
Then if you will if you're up to the thrill of a lifetime
Maybe we'll tear down the walls between heaven and here.

Maybe the secret is making believe when it matters
Maybe just keeping it simple and close to the heart.
Love is so easy to make and so easy to shatter.
We can be stronger together or tear it apart.


3.Casey's Last Ride

Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walking down
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below;
Following their footsteps through the neon-darkened corridors
Of silent desperation, never speakin' to a soul.
The poison air he's breathin' has the dirty smell of dying
'cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the
rain.
But casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes
Of the clickin' of the turnstiles and the rattle of his chains.

'oh!' she said, 'casey it's been so long since i've seen you!'
'here' she said, 'just a kiss to make a body smile!'
'see' she said, 'i've put on new stockings just to please you!'
'lord!' she said, 'casey can you only stay a while?'

Casey leaves the under-ground and stops inside the golden crown
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bone.
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men
Who reach for any thing they can to keep from goin' home.
Standin' in the corner casey drinks his pint of bitter
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by
Then he stumbles as he's leaving and he wonders if the reason
Is the beer that's in his belly, or the tear that's in his eye.

'oh!' she said, 'i suppose you seldom think about me,
'now' she said, 'now that you've a fam'ly of your own';
'still' she said, 'it's so blessed good to feel your body!'
'lord!' she said' 'casey it's a shame to be alone!'


4.Good Love(Shouldn't Feel So Bad)

Damn the way you always bring me down
Can't you say a single thing that's true
You could take a perfect day and turn it right around
I'm afraid there ain't no way to please you

It's okay, 'cause it don't matter now
Go your way and i'll go my way too
Find some new somebodies who you'd rather be around
Maybe they can see their way to please you

Chorus:
Darlin', good love shouldn't feel so bad
This fighting might feel righteous, but it's wrong
We just make each other mad and lonesome
So tell me why the hell we tried so long

One more line and i'll be down the road
Do me one more dirty, girl i'm gone
Ain't it you who used to say, life's too short to live this way
Baby, i believe that life's too long

Chorus:
Darlin', good love shouldn't feel so bad
This fighting might feel righteous, but it's wrong
We just make each other mad and lonesome
So tell me why the hell we tried so long


5.Johnny Lobo

Once upon a dusty reservation
Somewhere in the land of sitting bull
Johnny lobo played with fire and dreamed of open spaces
Locked inside a heaven gone to hell
All the dreams were gone but not forgotten
Murdered like the holy buffalo
But johnny lobo knew the rules and grew into a warrior
Fighting for his people and his soul

Chorus:
Oh...... johnny lobo
Oh...... johnny lobo

Loaded down with lessons that he carried
Home from viet nam to wounded knee
Johnny lobo burned a flag he knew had been dishonored
Paid the price for thinking he was free
Someone set his house on fire, burned it to the ground
With his wife and children locked inside
Later when the bitter tears were falling to the ashes
Something good in johnny lobo died

Chorus:
Oh...... johnny lobo
Oh...... johnny lobo

In a darkened corner of a tavern
Burning down old memories again
Johnny lobo stares into the smoke and dream of clouds
Running like wild horses with the wind
Holy phoenix rising from the ashes
Into the circle of the sun
Johnny lobo's warrior heart was burnished in the embers
And the battle's just begun

Chorus:
Oh...... johnny lobo
Oh...... johnny lobo


6.New Game Now

The moment i entered the world of your vision
I swear that i started to shine
You feel like an angel descending from glory
To come like a dream into mine

Trembling and holding your breath at the wonder
Of hunger so holy and pure
Wild as the freedom i feel in my spirit
So tightly entangled in yours.

Chorus:
It's a new game now
I cast my fortunes with you
I see the dream comin' true
I've got that feelin' inside

When it all came down
Did you think i'd be tried and be true?
Did you know i was waiting for you
To love you the rest of my life?

Standing alone with your soul to the darkness
Deep as the stars in the sky
Are you the one they have chosen to lead me?
To wonder how far we can fly.

Chorus:
It's a new game now
I cast my fortunes with you
I see the dream comin' true
I've got that feelin' inside

When it all came down
Did you think i'd be tried and be true?
Did you know i was waiting for you
To love you the rest of my life?


7.New Mister Me

The moment that you saw him
You just looked the other way
The blood within his eye
Was like a curse
He had two heavy pistols
Which were greasied up and ready
And a face like bobby dylan, only worse

He ordered up a whisky, which he drank like he was thirsty
And ordered him another of the same
Suddenly the silence of the frozen room was shattered
By a kid who shot before he called his name

He looked up at his killer
>from the floor where he had fallen
Said, 'well look what you have gone and done to me.'

He said, 'son, i think you blew it
But you're truly welcome to it
You can be the new mister me'

Chorus:
'you can be the new mist me, me, me
Ain't it true that's what you want to be, yesiree bob
And i'll be somewhere sunny where it's funny and it's free
And you can be the new mister me.'

Well i was there the day they say that bobby dylan died
You and i both know he got away
He's out there stealin' horses
Really learnin' how to ride
And he's the reason i am free today

Chorus:
Singin' 'you can be the new mister me, me, me
Ain't it true that's what you wanna be, yes indeed
And i'll be somewhere sunny where it's funny and it's free
And you can be the new mister me.


8.Road Warrior's Ament

There's a silence full of stars
For as far as i can see
In the silence where you are
Do you ever dream of me?

The moon is dark; the night is silver
Wild perfume is on the breeze
I feel the stars cold as forever
Half as true as you and me

I'll be your friend; i'll be your lover
I'll be whatever you ever need
Right to the end, until it's over
I swear to you, you can count on me

But my heart is breaking here tonight
My soul is weary from the fight
My god, i've tried and i've been true
My love, i'm coming home to you


9.Sam's Song(Ask Any Working Girl)

I have been with the best that the bastards could muster
From danny the dildo to sidney the snake
And i feel like a working girl pausing to wonder
Just how much screwin' the spirit can take

Chorus:
I said, 'willie old buddy, please tell me again
The reason to keep goin' on.'
He said, 'there's no harder words to say over a friend
Than they done you so righteously wrong
They stopped you from singing your song'

He was our hero, boys, he took the bullet
But he went down swingin' his fist from the floor
You can ask any working girl south of the border
Sam peckinpah era un hombre for sure

Chorus:
Willie old buddy please tell me again
The reason to keep goin' on
He said, 'there's no harder words to say over a friend
Than they done you so righteously wrong
They stopped you from singin' your song.'

But not me.


10.Shipwrecked In The Ighties

Well you fight like the devil to
Just keep your head above water
Chained to whatever you got
That you can't throw away
And you're shooting through space
On that river of life that you're riding
And it's swirling and sucking you
Deeper on down everyday.

So you turn to your trusty old partner
To share some old feelings
And you find to your shock that
Your faithful companion is gone (so long, tonto)
And the truth slowly dawns that you're
Lost and alone in deep water
And you don't even know how much longer
There is to go on

Like an old holy bible you've clung to
For so many seasons
With the rules of survival in words
You could still understand.
When they proved something wrong
You believed in so long you go crazy
And you're so close to foldin' the cards
That you hold in your hand

Singing, holy toledo i can't see the light anymore
(hank williams said that)
All those horizons that i used to guide me are gone
(i'm damn sure van morrison said that ...)
And the darkness is driving me farther away from the shore
(i said that.)
Throw me a rhyme or a reason to try to go on.

(come on, danny, throw me a line, baby!)


11.The Promise

You gave me back my soul again by showin' me
The laughter and the wonder in your eyes
Saved me from the shuttered man i used to be
Opened up the windows of my life

And the happiness you've given me for lovin' you
Is sweeter love and deeper every day
I can't stop the changes that you're growin' through
Or someone new from stealin' you away

Chorus:
So darlin' when it's time you can spread your wings
And i'll set you free - to fly away - and it's ok
Cause darlin' time changes everything
But it won't change me
I love you - oh... i love you

Inside of me you'll always be my valentine
I pray your freedom makes your dreams come through
As long as there's a heartbeat in this soul of mine
You'll know there's someone so in love with you

Chorus:
So darlin' when it's time you can spread your wings
And i'll set you free - to fly away - and it's ok
Cause darlin' time changes everything
But it won't change me
I love you - oh... i love you


12.Under The Gun

(by kris kristofferson and glen clark)

Break a man, break a promise
Break a heart, break a home
Take a long hard look at a heaven
Gone to hell under the gun

See the child, young and hungry
Growing wild, on the run
And he'll die reaching for freedom
He was born under the gun

Swollen men, blind with power
Break the rules, one by one
With their lies raising the danger
Of their games under the gun.

No more time, no more chances
No more wars will be won
In the end only the losers
Hold the land under the gun

Hold the truth like a candle
Let it shine like the sun
On the love that's left to believe in
In a world under the gun.


13.Worth Fighting For

Sunset on the highway to old mexico
Ruby like the wind upon my face
Thunder from a storm on the horizon far away
Ruby cut directly to the chase

She said,
'anywhere you're going baby
You just gotta know i'm on your side. (i always was)
When you climb upon the stallion
You are bound to let him take you for a ride
All the way.'

Chorus:
I know i'm still wild enough for you
And you know you, you can always count on me
Baby, we used to be worth fighting for
So tell me, are we?

Anything like anything we used to be
Or tried to make believe before the fall?
Tell me how the hell you keep your spirit (remember spirit?)
Strong enough to answer to the call

Ruby closed her eyes and faced the heavens
She said, 'take me to the stars one more time'
I was doin' eighty, but i pushed her through the floor
And watched her climb
Outta sight, outta mind

Chorus:
I know i'm still wild enough for you
And you know you, you can always count on me
Baby, we used to be worth fighting for
So tell me, are we?