The Sabre And The Rose (Album Version)-Kris Kristofferson

[ti:The Sabre And The Rose] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:The Essential Kris Kristoffers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Sabre And The Rose - Kris Kristofferson [00:14.05]Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town quicker than a bullet or a knife [00:23.90] [00:27.08]Fallin' ain't no fun when you're on the run honey we was running for our life [00:37.13] [00:39.63]When Stagger Lee had drunk his fill of moonlight [00:44.36] [00:46.24]He turned his burning eyes upon my soul [00:50.55] [00:53.04]It's time my God to spend this night with someone else he said [00:58.72] [01:00.10]Squeeze a little pleasure from the gold love and glory [01:05.27] [01:07.08]We can take it easy when we're old [01:10.39] [01:12.20]He said we'll take us into town lay our money down [01:18.58] [01:19.45]I'll bring you to the sweetest thing that grows [01:23.29] [01:25.91]Because the fairest ones in sight are bloomin' every night [01:31.34] [01:32.59]At a tavern called the Sabre and the Rose [01:36.96] [01:39.08]We swang into the saddle sick as breathing [01:43.38] [01:45.69]And slapped 'em once for pleasure with the reins [01:49.81] [01:52.56]The horses snorted frosty in the moonlight [01:55.49] [01:59.61]Somethin' dark was singing in my veins older than the voices in my brain [02:10.09] [02:18.81]He said this place you're gonna see is why they live and breathe [02:23.80]And sink down a little bit deeper everyday [02:28.60] [02:31.85]And sometimes at night when the wind is running right [02:37.91] [02:38.47]You can hear it suckin' thirty miles away [02:41.96]Then the light was crimson and I found her all naked and eternal and insane [02:55.75] [02:58.31]Secred as the mysteries around her like a veil nothin' but her prison was profane [03:08.98] [03:12.16]All we had in common was our chains [03:15.65] [03:22.52]Oh burn it down boys burn it to the ground boys burn it on down [03:45.05]Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town quicker than a bullet or a knife [03:54.72] [03:58.15]All there was she ran holdin' to my hand runnin' for the river and our life [04:07.89] [04:11.13]Slidin' from the moonlight into shadows silent as the river as it flows [04:21.37] [04:24.18]Swimmin' to the place they'll never find us all we left behind us was our clothes [04:34.24] [04:35.30]And the stories children sing about the Sabre and the Rose