Billy Dee-Kris Kristofferson

[ti:Billy Dee] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:Original Album Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Billy Dee - Kris Kristofferson [00:05.58]Written by：K. Kristofferson [00:11.17]Billy Dee was seventeen when he turned twenty-one [00:16.61]Fooling with some foolish things he could've left alone [00:21.60]But he had to try to satisfy a thirst he couldn't name [00:27.38]Driven towards the darkness by the devil in his veins [00:34.18]All around the honky tonks searching for a sign [00:39.66]Gettin' by on gettin' high on women words and wine [00:44.99]Some folks called him crazy Lord and others called him free [00:50.56]But we just called us lucky for the love of Billy Dee [01:02.75]Busy goin' his own way and speakin' his own words [01:08.05]Facin' and forgettin' every warnin' that he heard [01:12.59]Makin' friends and takin' any crazy chance he could [01:18.53]Gettin' busted for the bad times and believin' in the good [01:25.71]Billy took a beatin' from a world he meant no harm [01:30.53]The score was written in the scars up on his arm [01:36.29]Some felt he was payin' for the life he tried to lead [01:41.84]But all we felt was sorry for our good friend Billy Dee [01:53.40]It may be his soul was bigger than a body's oughta be [01:59.20]Singin' songs and bringin' laughter to the likes of you and me [02:04.73]Cause the world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find [02:10.10]But it wasn't near as lonesome as the one he left behind [02:17.13]Yesterday they found him on the floor of his hotel [02:22.45]Reachin' towards the needle Lord that drove him down to hell [02:27.80]Some folks called it suicide others blame the speed [02:33.44]But we all called it crucified when Billy Dee O D 'd